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Belarus: Post-Crackdown Belarus

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Belarus, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Humanitarian Response, International Relations, Protest, Youth

Ivan Lenin – formerly of Minsk, now of New York – translates [1] a post by LJ user lipski, a Minsk resident, on who benefits from the Oktyabrskaya Sq. crackdown, and shares his thoughts on the country's future: “If anything, the West should engage Belarus as much as possible. Isolation would make Belarus more like North Korea.”