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Belarus: Wishful Thinking aka ‘Foreign Policy Simulation'

Friday, March 24th, 2006 @ 18:24 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Belarus
Topics:: Ideas, Elections, International Relations

A Fistful of Euros reports on a weird blog called Belarus Today: A News Service Dedicated to Belarus and the Belarusian People. It covers such an unlikely event as Lukashenko's assassination - and its pretty violent aftermath. There's a disclaimer at the bottom of the page, however, which reads: “This website is part of a foreign policy simulation. The events depicted are not actually taking place.”

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