Stories about Belarus from February, 2006
Belarus: Elections and the Atmosphere of Fear
Tobias Ljungvall writes about the beginning of the election campaign in Belarus, the backlash against the opposition, and the atmosphere of fear reported by Gunnel Arbin, a Swedish journalist who...
Belarus: Microsoft's Russification Policy
br23 blog encourages Belarusian Internet users to write to Microsoft to protest what appears to be the company's Russification policy: “If in your browser settings you chose Belarusian as the...
Belarus: Moscow Solidarity Rally
LJ user greenmih, a Russian photographer, posts black-and-white photos from an anti-Lukashenko, pro-Belarus solidarity rally that took place in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow this past...
Belarus: Four Presidential Candidates
br23 blog introduces the four Belarusian politicians who have managed to collect more than 100,000 signatures and were registered by the Central Election Committee as presidential candidates: Alexander Lukashenka, Siarhiej...
Belarus: Lukashenko Regime and the Upcoming Election
Tobias Ljungvall draws a parallel between today's Belarus and Russia under Lenin, and muses about Lukashenko's regime, the Russian ‘managed democracy’ model and the upcoming election. He also mentions solidarity...
Belarus Election Online
Andrei Khrapavitski has a roundup of Belarus election-related sites. Very few are in English, however.
Pavlov, Pavlovskiy and Nemtsov, and the Belarusian Election
Tobias Ljungvall wonders what really draws certain people into Belarusian pre-election politics. Among those whose real motivations and intentions he'd like to know are Gleb Pavlovskiy, “the Kremlin's own favourite...
Belarusian Internet, Politics and the German Media
A Deutsche Presse-Agentur's report said new prohibitive legislation had been passed in Belarus, “effectively banning home access to the Internet.” br23 blog explains why the German agency is “totally wrong”...
Belarus Opposition and the Internet
br23 blog discusses the increasing use of the Internet by the Belarusian oppostion, as well as the problem of censorship, which will, no doubt, grow more and more serious with...
