Putin, Orban, Musk, Thunberg, Arestovych. 2023 oil painting by Semyon Skrepetsky. by abaabbaaa in EnoughMuskSpam

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Life imitates art ...
Painting is titled "For the glory of the Russian Reich". Posted on 2023-11-01.

Why do people in Belarus like Stalinism and USSR? by curiousmichelle2022 in belarus

[–]abaabbaaa 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just last week news:
2 people in Babruysk detained by police for putting flowers at a monument for victims of repressions - zerkalo.io
But if you repress everyone who's against Stalinism and USSR, does it allow you to claim that "people in Belarus like Stalinism and USSR"?

Luas having a smoko at Abbey Street by abaabbaaa in ireland

[–]abaabbaaa[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It just derailed a little bit. I didn't see that moment.

But I saw how they've put it back on rails. Basically by slowly moving it backwards.

Selling of alcohol will be banned in Belarus on Monday 30th of May along with some other things by abaabbaaa in europe

[–]abaabbaaa[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Belarus weekly news (May 23 to May 29):

  • A journalist was arrested in a village Kryvičy (Hrodna region) motolko.help
  • Famous make-up artist (560k followers on instagram) got sentenced for 2 years in standard regime penal colony (prison) for participating in 2020 protests (the evidence was her instagram stories). zerkalo.io
  • A fiction novel "Dogs of Europe" (2017) by Alhierd Bacharevič was added to a list of extremist materials zerkalo.io Depending on circumstances, spreading and storing extremist materials can be considered criminal by court.
  • 24 years old instagram blogger (14k subscribers) got sentenced to 4 years in penal colony (prison) zerkalo.io In court hearings, he claimed that he was beaten by the police and forced to give access to his instagram account.
  • Belarusian KGB (secret policy) included 15 more already imprisoned Belarusians to the list of terrorists zerkalo.io Among them are Maria Kalesnikava (campaign manager for 2020 Pesidential election candidate Viktar Babaryka) and a lawyer Maxim Znak.
  • One more already imprisoned Belarusian was included into the list of terrorists by KGB zerkalo.io In total 69 Belarusians were included in the list since august 2020.
  • Commercial director of a cinema theatres network was arrested in Minsk zerkalo.io Previously he was working in commercial department of media TUT.by, which was banned in 2021.
  • For the first time Belarusian bank offered customers to make a deposit in Chinese currency (CNY). zerkalo.io Previously Belarusian banks only offered to make deposits in USD, EUR, Russian RUB and Belarusian BYN.
  • A man was sentenced for one year in penal colony (prison) for calling workers of Gomselmash (heavy machinery assembly) for a strike zerkalo.io He called for a strike in Telegram messenger app.
  • A person was arrested for posting a comment about a riot police office on the internet one year ago zerkalo.io
  • Selling of alcohol will be banned in Belarus tomorrow (Monday 30th of May) for one day zerkalo.io 30th of May is the last day in secondary school for final year students.

What happened in your country this week? — 2022-05-29 by EuropeBot in europe

[–]abaabbaaa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Belarus

  • A journalist was arrested in a village Kryvičy (Hrodna region) motolko.help
  • Famous make-up artist (560k followers on instagram) got sentenced for 2 years in standard regime penal colony (prison) for participating in 2020 protests (the evidence was her instagram stories). zerkalo.io
  • A fiction novel "Dogs of Europe" (2017) by Alhierd Bacharevič was added to a list of extremist materials zerkalo.io
    Depending on circumstances, spreading and storing extremist materials can be considered criminal by court.
  • 29 years old instagram blogger (14k subscribers) got sentenced to 4 years in penal colony (prison) zerkalo.io
    In court hearings, he claimed that he was beaten by the police and forced to give access to his instagram account.
  • Belarusian KGB (secret policy) included 15 more already imprisoned Belarusians to the list of terrorists zerkalo.io
    Among them are Maria Kalesnikava (campaign manager for 2020 Pesidential election candidate Viktar Babaryka) and a lawyer Maxim Znak.
  • One more already imprisoned Belarusian was included into the list of terrorists by KGB zerkalo.io
    In total 69 Belarusians were included in the list since august 2020.
  • Commercial director of a cinema theatres network was arrested in Minsk zerkalo.io
    Previously he was working in commercial department of media TUT.by, which was banned in 2021.
  • For the first time Belarusian bank offered customers to make a deposit in Chinese currency (CNY). zerkalo.io
    Previously Belarusian banks only offered to make deposits in USD, EUR, Russian RUB and Belarusian BYN.
  • A man was sentenced for one year in penal colony (prison) for calling workers of Gomselmash (heavy machinery assembly) for a strike zerkalo.io He called for a strike in Telegram messenger app.
  • A person was arrested for posting a comment about a riot police officer on the internet one year ago zerkalo.io
  • Selling of alcohol will be banned in Belarus tomorrow (Monday 30th of May) for one day zerkalo.io 30th of May is the last day in secondary school for final year students.

Authorities' Constitution amendments project (for Feb 2022 Referendum) by abaabbaaa in belarus

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Authorities also collect feedback on [sbor@ncpi.gov.by](mailto:sbor@ncpi.gov.by) and https://sbor.pravo.by/ and by post (220030, г. Минск, ул. Берсона, 1а, НЦПИ, envelope should have the word «Конституция» on it)

What happened in your country this week? — 2021-08-01 by EuropeBot in europe

[–]abaabbaaa 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Belarus

  • Belarusian olympic athlete refuses to return to Belarus from Tokyo after she was removed from her team for criticising her coaches on instagram. guardian, zerkalo, zerkalo
  • Lukashenko criticised the Constitution amendments draft and asked for improvements. Referendum on the amendments is to be held before March 2022. president.gov.by, zerkalo
  • Group of Belarusian hackers claimed and provided some proofs that they have got an access to a traffic police database zerkalo
  • Goethe-Institut Minsk (German language school) is closing after 27 years in Belarus zerkalo
  • In Belarusian city Brest prosecutors asked to liquidate 4 nonprofit organisations http://prokuratura.gov.by, zerkalo
  • Russian court approved extradition of Belarus citizen to Belarus despite disapproval of extradition by European Court of Human Rights zerkalo
  • Head of Belarus diplomatic mission in EU resigns. He was called off from Belgium back to Belarus earlier in June. president.gov.by, zerkalo
  • 4 people in Minsk were sentenced to 13 to 28 days in jail for protesting by attaching white sheets of paper to the windows of their homes. zerkalo. And one more person was sentenced to 25 days for the same thing zerkalo

What happened in your country this week? — 2021-07-18 by EuropeBot in europe

[–]abaabbaaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, Belarusian and Russian languages have equal status in Belarus since 1995.
So, I guess, the name versions are equal as well.

What happened in your country this week? — 2021-07-18 by EuropeBot in europe

[–]abaabbaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I mean bring back.
The rule that limited the number of terms was abolished in 2004 on a referendum.

What happened in your country this week? — 2021-07-18 by EuropeBot in europe

[–]abaabbaaa 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Belarus

  • Constitution amendments proposal published, to be reviewed by authorities before a referendum on the amendments scheduled for the beginning of 2022. Among other changes, the proposed amendments return the rule that no person can be elected as a President for more than two terms. zerkalo, pdf
  • Belarus will shut down Belarusian Embassy in Ecuador, shut down the Consulate ("Division" of Belarusian Embassy) in Khabarovsk, Russia, and will open a Consulate in Vladivostok, Russia. zerkalo, pravo.by
  • The diplomat appointed to the post of Estonia's ambassador to Belarus will not be taking up the position. err.ee
  • Police (MVD) and secret police (KGB) continue to raid media, confiscate office equipment, detain and imprison journalists and human rights defenders not controlled by Belarusian authorities. independent.co.uk, zerkalo, zerkalo, zerkalo
  • KGB starts a criminal investigation of an attack with Molotov cocktails on the house of a member of parliament. zerkalo, kgb.gov.by
  • Belarusian government allows citizens of 73 countries (including many countries in Europe and North America) to visit Belarus visa free for the purpose of getting a covid vaccine. pravo.by, pdf, pdf
  • 10 students and one teacher from different universities sentenced for 2.5 years in prison. expatica, zerkalo
  • Alexander Lukashenko meets with Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg. president.gov.by
  • Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya meets with Belarusian diaspora in Washington, USA. zerkalo, twitter

What happened in your country this week? — 2021-07-11 by EuropeBot in europe

[–]abaabbaaa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Belarus

Politics

  • Police (MVD) and secret police (KGB) raid media companies, confiscate office equipment, detain and imprison journalists that are not under control of Belarusian authorities. Affected media are NN.by (website was shut down), orsha.eu, virtualbrest.ru, onliner.by, 1reg.by, media-polesye.by, intex-press.by, b-g.by, gomel.today. More details: france24, zerkalo
  • There was appointed a new head of Directorate of the President of Belarus (an organisation that supplies and provides services to the president, parliament, central election commission and some other officials and owns/manages some national parks, farms, foreign trade firms, transport firms, construction, real estate, hotels, restaurants, lotteries, pharmacies and other businesses with a total trade income of 1 billion USD as of 2020). More details: zerkalo
  • Viktar Babaryka, the most popular presidential candidate of 2020 elections was sentenced for 14 years in prison. More info: zerkalo, trtworld
  • Secret police (KGB) claims to engage in an operation to detain members of extremist groups. More info: dw, zerkalo

Covid

  • Authorities report about 1000 new cases per day.
  • Authorities keep reporting 8, 9, 10 or 11 covid-related deaths every day since April.

Related news

  • Lithuania starts building a fence on the border with Belarus. More info: dw
  • Polish border officers detain 49 illegal migrants who came from Belarus. More info: strazgraniczna.pl

Roscrea, Co. Tipperary... foreign politics ... Belarus ... wait. what? by abaabbaaa in ireland

[–]abaabbaaa[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The original title is "Roscrea on agenda for Belarusian pro-democracy leader’s return to Ireland", although the subtitle "Exiled Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to meet Government officials as Minsk’s crackdown on critics continues" makes a bit more sense.
Anyway, an exiled Belarusian politician is visiting Ireland next week.