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“Full integration between Belarus and Russia would create a new leadership post atop a merged superstate, a position that Mr. Putin, who is barred by the Constitution from staying on as Russia’s president after 2024, could fill without violating the law.”

“This means that 1,000 years ago people on this spot were sitting playing chess,” says a Belarusian poet. “Our neighbors’ capitals — Moscow, Warsaw, Vilnius — did not even exist at this time, but here we were playing chess.” nyti.ms/2IW86Ye

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As Putin Pushes a Merger, Belarus Resists With Language, Culture and History (Published 2019)

With President Vladimir Putin of Russia looking to accelerate moves toward a “union state,” Belarusians are promoting a stronger sense of their own national identity.



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How incredibly tone-deaf @latimes! “Go to Crimea, though it is technically occupied by Russia, your trip will be in violation of Ukrainian law and your cellphone/credit cards won’t work.” Completely undermines your otherwise great reporting from the region latimes.com/travel/la-tr-t…


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Restoring 🇷🇺 voting rights in #PACE is inappropriate & just wrong. The reasons for suspending still there - aggression in 🇺🇦 & 🇬🇪 continues & Minsk Agrmts are unfilled. The int. community must firmly defend int. law & human rights. 🇪🇪 will stand for European principles & values.


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Closely following events in #Georgia, concerned about those injured, can understand the reasons of anger but can’t endorse the methods. Government and protesters must refrain to use forse, compliance with laws and Constitution is essencial for a stable democracy.


Georgians are furious after a visiting Russian MP tried to sit in the Speaker of Parliament’s chair and deliver a speech on “brotherly love” between Orthodox Christians. #georgia #georgiaprotests #Грузия en.hromadske.ua/posts/unrest-i…


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Today Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania mourn victims of June deportations, tens of thousands men, women and children were deported and killed in 1941 by criminal Stalin’s regime #NeverAgain #Jūnijadeportācijas #Juuniküüditamine #Birželiotrėmimai


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After firing off some rounds while riding his sweet bicycle, Turkmenistan's president took a spin on his armored golf cart, hopped onto a helicopter and flew away


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In 2000s Eastern Europe, grey estates transformed into “a flamboyant and patchworked mixture of yellow, orange, pink, violet and green” calvertjournal.com/articles/show/…


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In 1932 and 1933, millions died across the Soviet Union—and the foreign press corps helped cover up the catastrophe. How Stalin Hid #Ukraine’s Famine From the World - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/international/…


It’s no surprise that Russia’s government takes issue with HBO’s #Chernobyl, or that a Russian show about the disaster is now being filmed, based on a conspiracy theory that a CIA agent was responsible. The reasons behind the decisions are. #ChernobylHBO themoscowtimes.com/2019/06/04/put…


The hit show #ChernobylHBO was actually filmed in #Vilnius, #Lithuania, whose #Ignalina nuclear power plant (which also had an RMBK reactor) doubled as Chernobyl. @Lithuania is likely to see a spike in tourism to the film sites - get booking!🇱🇹 en.delfi.lt/lifestyle/for-…


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My new favorite video is this Belarusian forest ranger answering a call in the woods while a giant grouse sits on his back performing a mating ritual. "Yes, I am just a bit busy at work... Yes yes, I am listening..."


#Chernobyl has won praise not just for its awesome dramatisation of the disaster and aftermath, but also its startlingly accurate portrayal of life in the #USSR . It gets the cripplingly hierarchical and inefficient bureaucracy of the #SovietUnion right to a tee. #ChernobylHBO

Western filmmakers usually get the Soviet Union wrong, which is why Chernobyl is big news calvertjournal.com/articles/show/…



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Everybody is talking about the HBO series "Chernobyl" but what did the 1986 disaster really look like? We have some rare footage you need to see. #Chernobyl #Ukraine


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In the Russian metro this morning: "(The TV series) Chernobyl didn't show the main thing: our victory" #hbo #hbochernobyl #ChernobylHBO #chernoybl

polinaivanovva's tweet image. In the Russian metro this morning: 

"(The TV series) Chernobyl didn't show the main thing: our victory"

#hbo #hbochernobyl #ChernobylHBO #chernoybl

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