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The girls just love to see

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:51:04 +0000

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The girls just love to see him shoot

https://youtu.be/DLnIf0JjszY

Putin could want a uniform

NCD — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:48:56 +0000

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Putin could want a uniform like Lukashenko's and Belo medals (add in the cool hat ?)

6) Donbas has largely been a

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 13:35:00 +0000

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6) Donbas has largely been a failure (with shooting down of Malaysian plane, little gain in territory, loss of any western sympathy for the Russian-speaking minority), and Russia then taking Crimea and helping lock up Yulia Tymoshenko means no one in Belarus will trust Putin ever. Also, while Crimea has largely been a precious money drain for Putin, they at least stole the Azov Sea and built a warmer water port. Belarus? what could Putin want? Russia already borders Estonia & Latvia plus has Kaliningrad by Poland, so getting landlocked Belarus to butt up against Poland is no further strategic advantage. Just a semi-nice beach on the Black Sea (when they already had Sochi) that Putin had to build a $4 billion rail bridge to. Meanwhile, those sanctions.... So no, Belarus doesnt offer very much to Vlad.
Oh yeah, Belarus is only 9 million people - and they get energy at a heavy discount from Russia. 45% of Belarus exports go to Russia, and that won't change - minerals & agriculture products. GDP per capita sees twice as high as Ukraine's, but since Ukraine has a much larger economy - $150billion vs $60 billion - there's also more corruption & big deals to be part of. So however much the talk about those Russian-speaking lands, pretty sure Putin's just counting how many rubles can be had, or how much it'll cost him.

Very proud of Lithuanians for

artappraiser — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 05:41:46 +0000

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On the 31st anniversary of the Baltic Way, 50,000 people formed a human chain from Vilnius to the Belarusian border to express solidarity with protests in Belarus #FreedomWay pic.twitter.com/Qh5dOxvoL5
— Xavi Ruiz (@xruiztru) August 23, 2020

Very proud of Lithuanians for their genuine unprecedented support to the people of #Belarus in their ongoing fight for democracy, justice and human dignity. At least 50.000 have joined the #FreedomWay in #Lithuania today. pic.twitter.com/El9r9qb2lc
— Linas Linkevicius (@LinkeviciusL) August 23, 2020

background to what really

artappraiser — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 21:02:18 +0000

In reply to Lukashenko walking to his

background to what really happened:

Security forces blocked the road leading to Lukashenko's residence so we have another standoff. Telegram channels call on people to turn around and go back to the centre pic.twitter.com/D6MvqCtpaz
— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) August 23, 2020

Even though the protesters have turned around, Lukashenko decided not to take his chances and was evacuated on a helicopter. To add more drama, BTRs from 103 Vitebsk airborne brigade assisted in evacuation. Someone's clearly anxious pic.twitter.com/ZVUozQrHpp
— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) August 23, 2020

How to do police state

artappraiser — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 18:54:43 +0000

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How to do police state seriously. Get up off the fucking ground. It's ike the song All along the watchtower. Ain't for nothing many large older homes west of the Mississippi have a little one on top, to watch for maurauders...the king in his castle thing, here literally..

This insanely stacked police line makes more sense given Lukashenko‘s helicopter arrival just behind it. pic.twitter.com/N6x5F0b83v
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) August 23, 2020

Lukashenko walking to his

artappraiser — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 18:09:05 +0000

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Lukashenko walking to his palace with a rifle in his hand in full riot gear, just incredible imagery pic.twitter.com/RmZNJVlIGy
— Populism Updates (@PopulismUpdates) August 23, 2020

pic.twitter.com/Lu3CTWsI44
— Populism Updates (@PopulismUpdates) August 23, 2020

Minsk turns out

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 13:51:03 +0000

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Minsk turns out

https://www.rferl.org/a/30798061.html

And...

A glimpse into how many people in Minsk have joined the rally for new Belarus today#ЛукашенкоУходи #LukashenkoGoAway #Belarus pic.twitter.com/8otnwJ1SHY
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) August 23, 2020

It’s a real sea of people in the centre of #Minsk today. #Belarus #StandWithBelarus pic.twitter.com/Sps6sVUqvh
— Belarus Free Theatre (@BFreeTheatre) August 23, 2020

Now 90 cases/day w 3 dead for

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:32:07 +0000

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Now 90 cases/day w 3 dead for 9.5m ppl?

Not so dangerous, nothing near as bad as Lukashenko or the police, or the gray reality of their repressed land

wow, that's really neat. I

artappraiser — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:08:38 +0000

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wow, that's really neat. I just heard some talking head on MSNBC give a report said at the end that they are bound and determined to make it a peaceful revolution, but I wasn't paying attention to what he was basing that on.

But again, since I was just on that French partying thread, I also notice: no masks. They don't have a Covid problem?!

It's getting easier to see why some people think Covid is a Bill Gates conspiracy!

Back to their main issue. I haven't read that much on it but I've noticed stuff like this

Putin and Belarus: Five Reasons Not to Save Lukashenko

By Stephen Sestanovich, CFR ExpertAugust 17, 2020

Vladimir Putin is no fan of democracy movements in Russia’s neighborhood, but trying to turn off the protests in Belarus will be risky.

If they stay peaceful, Putin may be happy to have Lukashenko go. Try to avoid unnecessary quagmire? His first point is quite striking

1. The protests against Lukashenko have virtually no anti-Russia dimension—yet.

Putin is not a stupid narcissist like Trump. Why not off a Lukashenko to have the friendly relations with most of a population? Could even be sending help for the overthrow, you never know.