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POLITICS1d agoWhat the rift within the Tsikhanouski family means for the Belarusian opposition in exileSiarhei Tsikhanouski criticizes the work of his wife, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and her office. He also questions her legitimacy. What are the implications for Belarusian political forces in exile?DW News [en]
POLITICS1d agoSofia Sapega, ex-girlfriend of former Belarusian opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, recounts her time in prison and his testimony against her after the 2021 Ryanair diversionThe Belarusian news outlet Zerkalo has published the second part of an extensive interview with Sofia Sapega, the former girlfriend of Roman Protasevich, a former editor-in-chief of the opposition Telegram channel Nexta. In May 2021, Belarusian authorities used false pretenses to force a plane flying from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk so they could arrest Protasevich. Sapega was detained along with him. Since then, she has lived under house arrest with Protasevich and broken up with him, been sentenced to six years in prison, spent a year in a penal colony, received a pardon, and returnedMeduza [en]
POLITICS2d ago‘I went to prison while he played video games’: Sofia Sapega, arrested alongside journalist Roman Protasevich after Belarus forced their Ryanair flight to land in Minsk, tells her side of the storyOn May 23, 2021, Belarusian security services tricked a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius into landing in Minsk. On board were Roman Protasevich (Raman Pratasevich) and his girlfriend, Sofia Sapega. Protasevich had been the former editor-in-chief of the popular Telegram channel Nexta, which coordinated the 2020 protests in Belarus. Sapega administered the Telegram channel “Black Book of Belarus,” which published the personal data of security officials involved in violence against protesters. The couple was detained. Both cooperated with investigators, and both managed to avoid the lengthy Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 20Poland orders four Russians and 11 Belarusians to leave after they enter on tourist visas, apparently hoping to compete at a world karate championshipPolish Border Guard officers detained 15 Russian and Belarusian citizens who apparently intended to compete in the world karate championships for youth, junior, and under-21 athletes in Bielsko-Biała.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 15St. Petersburg bars migrant workers with ‘labor patents’ from jobs in stores, salons, and gyms. Citizens of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan are exempt.St. Petersburg authorities have barred foreign nationals with labor patents, a type of work authorization, from jobs in health care, hairstyling, beauty services, retail, and sports and fitness services. The ban will remain in effect through the end of 2026.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 9Kyiv protests Belarus’s summoning of Ukraine’s chargé d’affairesKyiv has lodged a protest over Belarus’s summoning of Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires in the Republic of Belarus to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 8Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev spent years fighting EU sanctions over Belarus. He finally won (but remains sanctioned over Russia’s war in Ukraine).EU ambassadors removed Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev from the bloc’s Belarus sanctions list on October 7, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 5'I'm not a terrorist, I'm just a journalist', how to carry on reporting for Russia and Belarus from exileAlina Koushyk and Maxim Katz, two opposition journalists living in exile who fled Belarus and Russia respectively, on how they pursue their work from abroad.EuroNews [en]