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July 11th, 2008

Belarus: The Blast, the Arrests, and Bloggers' Solidarity

Veronica Khokhlova · 01:17

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A week ago, a homemade bomb packed with bolts and screws tore through a crowd of thousands of people who had gathered for the Independence Day concert in the Belarusian capital. Following the blast, police arrested four ex-members of the White Legion, the youth wing of the Belarusian Union of Military Personnel, banned in 1996. To show their support for the former activists, many Belarusian bloggers now exhibit the White Legion's emblem on their userpics. 1 comment · »»

July 5th, 2008

Russia: Farewell to “Khrushchevki”

Veronica Khokhlova · 00:47

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Earlier this week, LJ user drugoi, one of the most popular and prolific Russian bloggers, posted 17 photos from a Moscow neighborhood of Khrushchev-era apartment blocks, commonly known as khrushchevki, pyatietazhki, or khrushchoby. The neighborhood is about to disappear, to make room for more up-to-date residential high-rises. Below is some of the text that accompanies drugoi's photos, and a few of the 331 comments that the post has generated. 3 comments · »»

March 30th, 2008

Belarus: Freedom Day Protest

Veronica Khokhlova · 02:23

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On Tuesday, March 25, police broke up an opposition rally in the capital of Belarus, beating protesters with truncheons and detaining dozens of people. Veronica Khokhlova translates two bloggers' first-hand accounts and a foreign political analyst's view on the Belarusian opposition's strategy. 0 comments · »»

January 16th, 2008

Belarus, Russia: Minsk-Murmansk Train

Veronica Khokhlova · 01:02

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The post translated below features a photo of a note pasted on the Minsk-Murmansk train - a note that's supposed to assist passengers in locating cars they've got tickets for, but is instead a great illustration of how easily something mundane may turn into the frustratingly surreal in this part of the world. 1 comment · »»

November 16th, 2007

The BOBs: And the winners are…

Jillian York · 22:09

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You've waited with bated breath. You've sat by your computer. Perhaps you've even flown to Berlin...that's right, Berlin, where the awards ceremony for The BOBs (Best of Blogs), a competition hosted by Deutsche Welle and co-sponsored by Global Voices, was held November 15. At the ceremony, ... 3 comments · »»

October 1st, 2007

Belarus: Give Lukashenko his LuNet!

Sami Ben Gharbia · 14:11

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When the Belarusian activist Dzianis Dzianisau was detained for nearly two months on charges of “taking part in manifestations which disturb public order”, the Belarusian blogsphere successfully organized an online (and offline) campaign to raise the bail (15.500.000 Belarusian roubles or $7,300) and got the young political prisoner ... 1 comment · »»

September 23rd, 2007

Russia: Conference on Renewable Energy Sources

Ljubisa Bojic · 14:26

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Web 2.0. is finally coming to the Balkans: SeminarskiRad.com, a portal based on the share principle and offering free resources to Serbian students, has become really popular very quickly. A few days ago, the portal's blog supplement opened on Blogger, dedicated to the topics relevant to Serbia's youth. The first post is a report from a recent Moscow conference on renewable energy, whose aim was to educate young scientists in order to make this planet greener. 3 comments · »»

May 29th, 2007

Belarus: Blogger br23/Uładzimer Katkoŭski Passes Away

Veronica Khokhlova · 12:59

Belarusian blogger Uładzimer Katkoŭski/br23 passed away in Prague on May 25 at the age of 30. As one of his online friends wrote, "To a large degree thanks to his effort Belarusian-language Internet is now what it is." 5 comments · »»

Links about Belarus

August 15th, 2008

Lj user lemantar enumerates (RUS) various consequences for Russia of the war with Georgia from a Belarusian perspective.

August 14th, 2008

The Being Had Times reported that Belarus has won two bronze medals in the Beijing Olympics so far, one in Greco-Roman by Mikhail Semenov and one in weightlifting by Anastasia Novikova.

August 12th, 2008

Osteuropablog discusses (GER) an article on Russian newssite Novyj Region 2, claiming that Moscow is disappointed with failing support from Minsk during the Russo-Georgian conflict.

August 10th, 2008

Roma Gypsy Romany Gypsy reposted an article describing how Roma in Belarus are still discriminated from access to education, with a mere 2% Romani finishing secondary school.

August 7th, 2008

Vitaly Portnikov comments on (RUS) the new and restrictive Belarusian media law that has now been confirmed by the country's president, Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

The 8th Circle discusses the political situation in Belarus for the upcoming 28th of September parliamentary elections.

August 6th, 2008

Malishevsky analyses (RUS) Belarussian President's Alyaksandr Lukashenka, relationship to God from his frequent invocations of higher powers in speeches and public appearances, especially when it comes to foreign relations.

August 1st, 2008

LJ user fobosanddeimos comments upon (RUS) a recent survey by Evraziysky Monitor, showing big differences between post-soviet states, which form an obstacle for prospects of integration.