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Women are posting photos of their legs in stockings to support a tights model who was jailed for protesting against the re-election of President Lukashenko in Belarus. Former Miss Belarus Olga Khizinkova was arrested last month after taking part in huge ‘unauthorised’ demonstrations in Minsk. Female protesters are now flooding social media with photos of their … Read more
Thousands take to the streets of Belarus to mourn protester who was beaten to death by undercover policeman in children’s playground Witnesses say Roman Bondarenko was beaten by Belarusian security forces The 31-year-old anti-government protester later died in hospital from his injuries The Belarusian interior ministry denied responsibility for Bondarenko’s death Thousands of mourners carrying … Read more
UK kicks out two Belarus officials in tit-for-tat move after British diplomats are expelled for ‘legitimate observation’ of pro-democracy protests By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 15:23 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 15:23 GMT, 10 November 2020 The UK today kicked out two Belarus diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to the ejection … Read more
Belarus expels two UK diplomats after they are accused of engaging in activities of a ‘destructive nature’ Pair engaged in activities of ‘destructive nature’, said Belarusian foreign ministry They had been collecting information about anti-government protests in Belarus The diplomats were named as Lisa Thumwood and Timothy Wight-Boycott By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 01:21 GMT, … Read more
As the sun slid from the evening sky over Minsk, clusters of people thronged the imposing entrance of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus clutching their tickets for the ballet. Many had dressed up to attend one of the city’s landmark buildings, a legacy of the Stalin era that was inspired by Roman amphitheatres. ‘We don’t want … Read more
Female protesters confront police as 100,000 people take to the streets of Belarus in latest demo against re-elected President Belarusians are protesting against the re-elected President Alexander Lukashenko for the seventh week The protests began after Lukashenko’s victory in the August 9 poll Law inforcement officers have detained dozens of opposition supporters By Aliki Kraterou For Mailonline … Read more
Die-hard Jewish pilgrims have refused to leave Ukraine’s border with Belarus after more than 1,000 give up hope and turn back due to coronavirus restrictions. Orthodox-Jewish believers, including hundreds of children, have camped out throughout the week in no-man’s land at the border crossing ahead of Jewish New Year celebrations this weekend. Tens of thousands … Read more
Belarus’s embattled president Alexander Lukashenko says he has placed the military on high alert and will close borders with Poland and Lithuania amid fears of a ‘war’. The strongman, known as Europe’s last dictator, appealed to the ‘crazy leaders’ of both countries, plus Ukraine, not to let conflict break out, saying it ‘will not resolve … Read more
Around 2,000 Hasidic Jews have gathered at Ukraine’s border with Belarus where their annual pilgrimage has been barred due to coronavirus restrictions. Kiev has accused President Alexander Lukashenko of manufacturing the crisis by giving the pilgrims hope that they could cross the frontier in retaliation for Ukraine’s support for the recent pro-democracy protests. Despite Ukraine’s … Read more
Belarus’s embattled strongman Alexander Lukashenko mopped his brow under Vladimir Putin’s gaze today as he flew to Russia to beg for the Kremlin’s support to keep him in power. The man nicknamed the ‘last dictator in Europe’ cut a submissive figure as he pleaded with Putin to back his regime while the bored-looking Russian president … Read more