A Tale of Two Countries In August 1980, in the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk, Poland, 17,000 striking workers shook the authority of the Polish Communist

When Lukashenko’s came to power in 1994, he announced a referendum which took place a year later. In it, amongst other things, there was the

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The Battle of the Ribbons I pass the fence every day and things keep changing. In the morning, the fence is covered with white-red-white ribbons.

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A President’s Dilemma It’s a tough one for President Putin. On the one hand  there’s a certain schadenfreude in seeing a person he intensively dislikes

Ihar’s War Ihar has a passion for Belarusian history. He has written 28 books and numerous articles. He has been interviewed by Belarusian and foreign