Did Russia Attack Poland with Drones? Poland says that 19 allegedly Russian drones entered its airspace. In an all-night operation on September 9, the Polish air force tried to track them down. According to the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, four of them were destroyed but the rest remain missing. Poland blamed Russia for an […] The post Jury is still out on whether Russia attacked Poland with drones appeared first on Asia Times.| Asia Times
U.S. President Donald Trump often says the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are among the events he is most excited about in his second term.| AP News
What’s lost in these stories is how strange and impossible it would've been just a couple years ago to imagine Russia being able to use Belarus as a staging ground for its military offensives. We’ve already forgotten that as recently as 2020, Lukashenko was flirting with NATO partnership, hosting anti-Russia hawks Mike Pompeo and John Bolton, and denying Russia the right to set up an airbase in Belarus (let alone hosting an entire invasion force). Then came the big western-backed regime...| THE EXILED – MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE
The Soviet Union may be gone, but you can sure see the legacy if you know where to look. Minsk in Belarus is one surefire way to feel like you've timetraveled.| Young Pioneer Tours
Editor’s Note ur second issue of the year arrives at a difficult time for our school and nation. With over 3000 Americans dying every day from the COVID-19 pandemic, a country recovering from the invasion of its capitol, and Stanford students once again prohibited from coming to campus, it is easy to despair on the [...] The post Stanford Politics Magazine: January 2021 appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
Urgently essential 'higher-level reading' and a new construct built on democracy and literacy, 'Dem Read,' came into focus at WEXFO.| Publishing Perspectives
The chairman of the House Homeland Security subcommittee on cybersecurity is apprehensive about the Department of Homeland Security’s plans to end a program that vets mobile apps for federal agencies.| CyberScoop
On International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus, Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski on letters, solidarity, and compassion. Translated by Valzhyna Mort.| PEN Transmissions
Belarus may host Russia’s new drone plant near NATO east borders, escalating regional stakes in the Ukraine war. Learn about the plan and its consequences.| Bulgarian Military Industry Review
“Andrzej Poczobut, a voice for the silenced, is paying a devastating price for his unwavering commitment to truth and justice. Locked away, deprived of the very freedoms he seeks to protect…| PEN Canada
After more than three years of imprisonment in Belarus, Radio Liberty journalist Andrey Kuznechyk has been freed.| USAGM
The Belarusian nation is at the start of a long and arduous journey towards democracy, which will require mobilisation, awareness and civic activity from most of Belarusian society. Only then will it be possible to depose the country’s authoritarian leader, build a democratic state and introduce political and economic reforms. The post Chances for political transformation and effective democratisation in Belarus appeared first on Liberal Culture.| Liberal Culture
I read a report questioning how much Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko spends on his hairstylist. I looked at a recent photograph and had a different question.| The New Leaf Journal
Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent announcement on December 6 that Russia intends to supply Belarus with Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missiles.| Bulgarian Military Industry Review
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said he later managed to speak to Ukrainian officials through special channels and the situation was resolved through diplomatic means.| The Kyiv Independent
Sue Bohlin blogs about using goggles that simulate drunkenness to illustrate the importance of the right worldview.| Probe Ministries
Belarus' Armed Forces are "concentrating a significant number of personnel" as well as weaponry along Ukraine's northern border with Belarus "under the guise of exercises," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry warned on Aug. 25, citing information gathered by the country's intelligence sources.| The Kyiv Independent
von Holger Politt Auf den bemerkenswerten Text „Die auswärtige Politik des russischen Zarentums“ von Friedrich Engels aus dem Jahre 1890 hat Wolfgang Brauer Anfang 2023 ...| das-blaettchen.de
This article delves into the trajectory of the Belarussian language policy and the right to native instruction for national minorities in educational facilities| - Broken Chalk
REMINDER: The Together Plan charity (TTP) is running a 36-hour crowd-funding campaign May 19-20 to finance the construction of a Holocaust memorial at the site of Jewish cemetery in Brest, Belarus (also called Brest-Litovsk). The monument will be built from| Jewish Heritage Europe
The Year in Photos: 2017 at MonkBoughtLunch.| MonkBoughtLunch
On 23 June 2023, the commando of the Wagner Group announced a rally for truth and justice to end the Kremlin’s bloody war in Ukraine. The ultimatum was clear. Putin’s quest to occupy Ukraine and hi…| Alter Publicus