Tag: Belarusian nationalism

Belarusian Nationalism Emerges As a Political Force

December 26, 2014

Staunton, December 22 — Belarusian nationalists over the last year “not only have come out of ‘the political ghetto’ into which they have been since the end of the 1990s but also have become an influential political force” in Minsk, indeed a force that even Alyaksandr Lukashenka has had to take into consideration and play […]

Russian Actions in Ukraine Have Deeply Divided Belarusians, Moscow Military Analyst Says

July 28, 2014

Staunton, July 28 – In part because they can get news not just from Moscow but from Ukraine and in part because they have close ties to both Russians and Ukrainians, Belarusians are now deeply split between those who back Russian policy in Ukraine and those who support the Ukrainian government. As important as this […]