UNBELIEVABLE: Belarus - The Untold Story

'You Will Be Dead': Polish MEP's Border Warning Raises Questions About Poland's Use of Force

A warning by Polish MEP Dominik Tarczyński has renewed scrutiny of Poland's border rules, which permit firearms in defined defensive situations but do not allow shooting migrants merely for crossing illegally.

International Business Times UK · Oct 20

Zelensky Moves To Protect LGBTQ+ Ukrainians as Russia and Belarus Tighten Their Crackdowns

Ukraine's new human rights strategy identifies LGBTQI+ people as vulnerable to discrimination and hate crimes, sets implementation deadlines and links equality policy to European integration.

International Business Times UK · Oct 16

Meet the curious billionaire who began life as a refugee - and brought the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain

IN FOCUS: The Belarus-born American who learnt English from watching TV spoke to The Independent’s editor-in-chief Geordie Greig about his extraordinary life and what drove him to become one of the most prominent arts patrons of his generation

The Independent UK · Oct 16

'I'm not a terrorist, I'm just a journalist', how to carry on reporting for Russia and Belarus from exile

Alina 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 · Oct 5

Minecraft's Uncensored Library holds around 300 books of censored journalism

What happens to a news story after authorities block or censor it? It can find another home inside a video game. In 2020, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), working with Minecraft design collective BlockWorks, launched the Uncensored Library, a vast digital archive built inside Minecraft. The project turns censored journalism into…

The Times of India · Oct 3

Lithuania airport shut, Nato jets scramble as 'drone spotted' along Belarus

Lithuania is a Nato and European Union (EU) member and has been closely monitoring developments along its borders amid concerns about possible Russian aggression. Russia has rejected allegations that it is planning an attack on Nato, while Western officials have said Moscow does not currently have the capability for a…

The Times of India · Oct 3

Why Putin may risk it all to keep Kaliningrad; India link to Russia exclave

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow could use “all weapons” in its arsenal, including nuclear weapons, if its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad comes under direct attack. The warning has brought renewed attention to a narrow stretch of land between Poland and Lithuania, known as the Suwałki Gap, which…

The Times of India · Oct 2

What links matryoshka dolls, Belarusian nuns, French churches and Russian troops?

In recent years, visitors to French churches and cathedrals may have come across Belarusian nuns selling matryoshka dolls, religious icons and honey. They come from the Saint Elisabeth Convent in Minsk and present these sales as a means of funding their charitable work. However, the convent openly supports Russia’s war…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 1

Russia is ‘testing how far it can go' before the EU reacts, says Tsikhanouskaya

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya believes change in Russia could begin with change in Belarus, arguing that her country’s opposition movement is “more consolidated” than its Russian counterpart.

Euronews · Sep 30

How Russia recruits Belarusians for war in Ukraine: Methods and consequences

Russia's recruitment drive targeting Belarusians has become a key tool to boost manpower on the battlefield and exploits economic hardship and isolation.

Euronews · Sep 26