The coronavirus outbreak in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine: Responses by the state, business and civil society

The different responses to the first wave of COVID-19 in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine between March and June 2020 largely reflected the political regime, economic structure and social conditions in each country, Ekaterina Pierson-Lyzhina and Oleksii Kovalenko explain in their research
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Sputnik Polska. Propaganda narratives and cases

A new study by Aliaksandr Aleshka explores propaganda narratives of Sputnik Polska based on the systematic monitoring of materials published from June 2019 to May 2020. Sputnik Polska, established inearly 2015, is a part of Sputnik, a Russian news agency and radio broadcaster which pu
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Спрос и предложение в сфере онлайн-услуг: Потребности белорусского общества и возможности белорусских НПО

Тенденция перехода жителей Беларуси в онлайн для работы, учебы и развлекательных видов деятельности ускорилась в последние месяцы в связи с коронавирусной эпидемией. По этой причине приобретает актуальность вопрос, каким образом белорусские неправительственные организации (НПО) могут
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Belarus at a Crossroads: Political Regime Transformation and Future Scenarios

In this report Andrei Yeliseyeu analyzes Belarus’s pre-election campaign period, Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s election campaign and his domestic political priorities, and examines Belarus’s political regime transformation towards personalist military rule. The study also
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The Eurasian Economic Union by 2020: Expectations, Challenges, Achievements

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), an organization for regional economic integration between five post-Soviet states, marked its fifth anniversary on January 1, 2020. Its founding treaty, signed first by Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia, then followed by Kyrgyzstan and Armenia, celebr
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Health of democracy in the CEE countries amid coronavirus epidemic

As Oleksii Kovalenko and Eka Maghaldadze argue, one thing is already clear: Some central and eastern European rulers are seeing the pandemic as a perfect pretext to silence critical voices and consolidate their power.
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Коронавирусная эпидемия: Сценарии последствий для Беларуси

Прогнозные сценарии и анализ стратегий борьбы с коронавирусом указывают, что задержка с реализацией действенных мер неминуемо приведет к меньшему количеству спасенных жизней.
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Belarusian foreign policy: a time of crisis or rebirth?

Are so-called “multi-vector” strategies in post-Soviet Eurasia coming to their end? Ekaterina Pierson-Lyzhina and Paul Hansbury argue that the opposite may be the case.
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Sputnik Belarus’s Propaganda and Disinformation: Narratives, Methods, and Trends

A new study by Andrei Yeliseyeu explores propagandistic narratives of Sputnik Belarus and methods of its promotion based on systematic monitoring of content published by Russian-language Sputnik Belarus webpage in 2019. 
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Belarusian NGOs strategies to strengthen youth engagement

A new Andrei Yeliseyeu's study explores the barriers to youth engagement and offers a set of recommendations to improve it, based on deep interviews with youth activists and focus groups with youth representatives.
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CSOs’ activities in Belarus: overall situation and latest trends

This study by Andrei Yeliseyeu gives an overview of CSOs’ activities in Belarus and the latest trends in various aspects of CSOs’ functioning.
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Ukrainian Journalists at the Forefront of Countering Russian Disinformation

Oleksii Kovalenko looks into how Ukrainian journalists and media professionals are resisting the constant pressure of pro-Kremlin propaganda.
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Eurasian States in Transition