Vladimir the Incompetent
Putin’s drive to realise ambitions of Russia’s global power is now risking the destruction of Russia’s infrastructure. It is the inevitable consequence of his inability
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Putin’s drive to realise ambitions of Russia’s global power is now risking the destruction of Russia’s infrastructure. It is the inevitable consequence of his inability
In August 1980, in the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk, Poland, 17,000 striking workers shook the authority of the Polish Communist party. The strikers convinced the
Belarusian is one of the two official languages of Belarus, but it is classed as an endangered language. That’s because the other language is Russian
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
One of the most significant milestones in the forging of Belarus’ national identity, the Slutsk Uprising, began on 27th November 1920 when the Belarusian insurgents
Having marked essays in a number of countries and written by people from many nationalities, it is interesting to note the relationship between essay construction,
I pass the fence every day and things keep changing. In the morning, the fence is covered with white-red-white ribbons. The next day the ribbons
As the Protests in Belarus disappear from the world’s media and the conflict itself sets in to an oft violent stalemate, both sides are squaring
It’s a tough one for President Putin. On the one hand there’s a certain schadenfreude in seeing a person he intensively dislikes being in such
Ihar has a passion for Belarusian history. He has written 28 books and numerous articles. He has been interviewed by Belarusian and foreign media, though
Have you heard of the Battle of Britain – 80 years this month? Have you heard of the Battle of Britain which started 80 years