25 May 2021 — Voltaire Network
US President Joe Biden and the EU heads of state and government strongly condemned the arrest of journalist Raman Pratassevich in Belarus.
The Ryanair aircraft, passing through Belarusian airspace while transporting him from Greece to Lithuania on 23 May 2021, was grounded in Minsk after a false bomb threat. The journalist was then arrested for inciting anti-government protests last year.
24 May 2021 — Craig Murray
The USA, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Austria combined to force down President Evo Morales’ jet in Vienna in 2013 after the CIA falsely reported whistleblower Edward Snowden was on board. The monumental cynicism of these nations in sanctioning Belarus for a directly comparable action is sickening, even by the standards of western hypocrisy. Indeed, to force down a Presidential jet covered by diplomatic immunity is a greater offence to international law than Belarus forcing down the Ryanair flight.
2 March 2021 — Indian Punchline
Yet another colour revolution in Georgia, Tbilisi, Feb 26, 2021
Mikhail Gorbachev in a special interview to the Tass news agency on Monday gave a poignant message to the Kremlin by calling for the strengthening of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Collective Security treaty Organization and for mending relations with those former Soviet republics which are “at odds” with Moscow.
21 September 2020 — Moon of Alabama
Just yesterday we flogged the false and misleading reports in the New York Times about Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine. Today a different New York Times report by Ivan Nechepurenko, who is also with its bureau in Moscow, proves to be of similar shoddy quality:
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12 September 2020 — Indian Punchline
Vietnam’s Dy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh chairs a video meeting with ministers from member countries of Association of Southeast Nations, Hanoi, Sept 9, 2020.
The meeting between the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow on September 11 took place at a particularly delicate juncture in regional politics. Russia is carefully ploughing a neutral line in the India-China standoff while also drawing closer to China to push back at US pressure.
30 August 2020 — Indian Punchline
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Women protestors in Minsk, Belarus, lionised by western media
The Russian President Vladimir Putin disclosed in a TV interview on August 27 that the Americans, amongst others, had fuelled the unrest in Belarus. He explained that the controversial presence of 33 Russian nationals (with military background) in Minsk in the run-up to the presidential election in Belarus on August 8, which briefly created misunderstanding between Minsk and with Moscow, was itself was a joint operation by Ukrainian and US intelligence agencies.
29 August 2020 — The New Dark Age
The Emergence of the Technetronic Society of Humankind
https://journal-neo.org/2020/08/28/the-emergence-of-the-technetronic-society-of-humankind/
Belarus: NATO Lobby Acknowledges That Its Color Revolution Failed
https://popularresistance.org/belarus-nato-lobby-acknowledges-that-its-color-revolution-failed/
21 August 2020 — The New Dark Age
Belarus unrest: Opposition leader says Belarusian people must not stop now
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-53869007
The right is leading the movement in Belarus to a dead end: is there another way?
http://www.marxist.com/belarus-another-way.htm
18 August 2020 — Indian Punchline
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Opposition protests in Minsk, Belarus, Aug 16, 2020
The mercurial Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has not been an easy ally for the Kremlin. But the growing interference by Belarus’ “New European” neighbours is setting the stage for a “colour revolution” with potentially anti-Russian orientation. Poland, egged on by the US, has convinced itself that it has become a regional heavyweight and eyes Belarus as a valuable piece of real estate that could shift the military balance on Russia’s western borders.
17 August 2020 — The New Dark Age
Russian-Belarusian Relations: Back To Being Brothers?
https://orientalreview.org/2020/08/17/russian-belarusian-relations-back-to-being-brothers/
Special report: The arrest of 33 Russians in Minsk turns out to have been a provocation by the Ukrainian secret services
http://thesaker.is/the-arrest-of-33-russians-in-minsk-turns-out-to-have-been-a-provocation-by-the-ukrainian-secret-services/
12 August 2020 — The Saker
To make a long story short, two major developments have happened:
12 August 2020 — American Herald Tribune
The political crisis in Belarus is getting worse day after day. As a result of elections in the country, a violent wave of protests began in several cities. The focus of the demonstrations is Minsk, the country’s capital. In the most violent night so far, 40 more policemen and 50 civilians were injured, some seriously. More than 1,000 were arrested, according to data from the Ministry of Interior.
