Belarusian protests

A Belarusian national flag flutters over a street in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. 

‘The Kremlin really controls the armed forces of Belarus,’ analyst says

Conflict

Katia Glod, a fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington, joined The World’s host Marco Werman to talk about Belarus’ role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Protesters hold signs

‘We cannot close the door or turn the page’: Belarusian dissidents in Lithuania fear Lukashenko’s crackdown

Refugees
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a candidate for the presidential elections in Belarus, greets people during a meeting in her support in Brest, Belarus, Aug. 2, 2020.

Belarus opposition leader: ‘We are fighting for the future of our children’

Global Politics
A close-up photo of Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius as he answers questions during a meeting with the press in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vilnius, Lithuania, Aug. 11, 2020.

Lithuanian foreign minister calls for support for Belarusian protesters

Protest
A single protestor holds up an old Belarusian national flag standing in front of a wall of officers holding large riot shields.

Belarus, explained: How Europe’s last dictator could fall

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