Notices tagged with belarus
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https://news.yahoo.com/lukashenko-delusional-nato-wanting-seize-120200776.html [news yahoo com]
#Belarus dictator blames #NATO, says #Russia's #Ukraine invasion prevented a planned NATO invasion of his country and the previously captured areas of the Donbass.
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Is #Putin's #Russia planning to use #Belarus for renewed attacks against #Ukraine's capital Kyiv? https://nu.federati.net/url/288007 [www atlanticcouncil org]
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I did not even realize that there was unrest in #Kazakhstan until today. Someone said #Russia's spaceport is there, which is why they and #Belarus are expected to help suppress the unrest.
(Though I'd not be surprised if King Vladimir took it as an opportunity to re-integrate some of the old Soviet empire.)
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@geniusmusing Too bad that #Kaseya’s managers won’t suffer any consequences for their decisions. If too many customers cancel, they’ll fire the rest of the ungrateful US workforce, keep the cheap and obedient overseas labor in #Belarus, and continue to pay themselves high salaries.
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Speaking of #Belarus, here's their official site: https://www.belarus.by/en/
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@adcock > I wanted to make the point that just because when a party gets most votes doesn't mean election was fair.
Agreed. In reading about #Belarus last night, I saw that their leader won 80% of the votes in the past two elections, both of which are said to be fraudulent.
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Map of #Belarus https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/belarus/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus
In case you didn’t realize it yet, most of tonight’s reading has been about #Belarus / #Byelorussia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian_People%27s_Republic
#Belarus government-in-exile, pending a genuinely democratic election in the country
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#E40 waterway construction includes dredging near the #Chernobyl nuclear site https://nu.federati.net/url/279618 [www theguardian com]
Fears of nuclear contamination sparked by project. Also fears of loss of biodiversity in the Polesia region.
#Ukraine #Poland #Belarus #Pripyat #Polesia
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#Hockey's international championship will not take place in #Belarus https://nu.federati.net/url/279613 [www theguardian com]
> The international ice hockey federation (IIHF) has said it will not hold this summer’s world championship in Belarus, amid concerns that it would be a propaganda coup for the country’s hockey-mad dictator, Alexander Lukashenko.
> In a statement, the federation said it had made the decision “in the face of the growing safety and security concerns related to both the rising political unrest and Covid-19”. Minsk and the Latvian capital, Riga, were due to co-host the tournament in May and June.
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I can’t pay much attention to #Belarus when my own country is being torn apart by short-sighted political extremists, but this is worth reading. https://nu.federati.net/url/274677 [techcrunch com]
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So Alexander Lukashenko, the ruler of #Belarus, accused #Russia of sending in mercenaries to destabilize the country. 13 of the mercenaries have been captured. Russia says they were travelling through Belarus to another destination.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53648640
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I got a chuckle out of seeing people asking where Belarus is. I attended California public schools. At that time, CA schools were 47th out of the 50 states. As a result, in times like this, I expect everyone who did not live in Mississippi to have received a better education than I did.
Tags: #CA #California #MS #Mississippi #schools #Belarus #politics #protests
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So, best I can tell from the headlines is that #Belarus had its elections yesterday (their time, I think still today [2020-08-09]) US time. There are some large scale protests because Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled since 1994, was expected to cheat and cause himself to be re-elected. Or maybe because he claimed a major victory and is believed to have cheated to make it happen.
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You'll soon see that #Belarus neighbor on the East is #Russia, on the Northwest its neighbors are #Latvia and #Lithuania, on the West is #Poland, on the South is #Ukraine.
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If you're wondering where #Belarus is, go to a site like Google Maps, type "Belarus" in the query box, then zoom out a little.