Alyaksandr Lukashenka
Wikileaks: U.S. diplomats say Lukashenka's regime 'criminal, violent'
December 23, 2010The latest revelations from U.S. diplomatic cables leaked by the WikiLeaks website describe the government in Belarus as a "criminal regime of a violent and authoritarian nature." The assessment was quoted today by the Spanish daily newspaper...
- July 27, 2010
By Taras Kuzio The description of Belarusian President, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, as “pro-Russian” has side-stepped the fact that he is a Soviet Belarusian nationalist which developed after 2002, when he rejected the then Russian President,...
Moscow wants to replace not only Saakashvili but also Lukashenka
May 27, 2010By Paul Goble That Moscow would like to see Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili replaced isn’t news to anyone but that it would like to have someone else in the place of his Belarusian counterpart Alyaksandr Lukashenka may come as a surprise...
Lukashenka turning Belarus into ‘a North Korea in the Center of Europe’
May 20, 2010By Paul Goble Faced with mounting economic difficulties at home and increasing isolation abroad, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka is transforming his country into “a North Korea in the center of Europe,” an effort that involves...
Kyrgyz authorities appeal for international support
April 22, 2010By Erica Marat Kyrgyzstan’s provisional government needs international support, oversight Kurmanbek Bakiyev was pressured by the OSCE, United States and European Union to leave Kyrgyzstan. On April 15, Kazakhstan dispatched a military aircraft...
Moscow steadily entangles Belarus into the Russian orbit
March 31, 2010By David Marples The mid-March visit by Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, to Belarus stimulated further speculation over the tense and fluctuating relationship between the two Slavic neighbors. Putin arrived in the city of Brest for a regular...
Moscow’s imperialist attitudes pushing non-Russian countries away
March 30, 2010By Paul Goble Russia’s counterproductive and off-putting approach to Belarus as well as other former Soviet republics reflects “the presumptuous imperial thought which still has not left the heads of certain Russian politicians,&rdquo...
EU's Eastern Partnership stuck in low gear
December 08, 2009By Ahto Lobjakas The EU's Eastern Partnership was launched with great fanfare in Prague in May. But just past the eight-month mark, it is becoming clear that neither the EU nor the six partnership members have high hopes for the grouping. EU documents...
Where does Russia want to take the CIS?
October 13, 2009By Irina Severin The main intrigue surrounding the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Chisinau last week was whether Russian President Dmitry Medvedev would attend. The Kremlin only confirmed his participation in the October...
Lukashenka Pardons Imprisoned U.S. Lawyer
June 30, 2009By Andrew F. Tully The Belarusian government has announced a presidential pardon for Emmanuel Zeltser, a Russian-born U.S. lawyer imprisoned for nearly a year on espionage charges. President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's press service said the president signed...