Belarusians

Belarusians (Belarusian: беларусы, romanized: biełarusy, Russian: белорусы, romanized: byelorusy), also and Byelorussians (from the Byelorussian SSR), are an East Slavic ethnic group who are native to modern-day Belarus and the immediate region. There are over 9.5 million people who proclaim Belarusian ethnicity worldwide, with the majority residing either in Belarus or the adjacent countries where they are an autochthonous minority.

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CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 4 April 2024 English

Western leaders’ apathy and lack of interest in Belarus risk creating a self-fulfilling prophecy that leaves Belarus trapped in Moscow’s smothering embrace more or less indefinitely. This paper identifies options …

war have the support of about 33–40 percent of Belarusians. Allowing the use of Belarusian territory to 20–35 percent of respondents. A quarter of Belarusians would like to see Moscow win the war outright: alliance between Lukashenko and Putin, most Belarusians do not see the war in Ukraine as their war, and wish to stay well out of it. The majority of Belarusians, regardless of their political leanings, have state is constantly less than 10 percent among Belarusians.8 In polls conducted before February 2022 about


FoE: Friends of Europe · 26 March 2024 English

Considering the potential ramifications of a Russian defeat in Ukraine for the regime in Moscow, Section IV introduces three distinct scenarios: the consolidation of power in the Kremlin, the dissolution …

“triune” composed of Russians, Ukrainians, or Belarusians. He asserted that Russia and Ukraine are part other Slavic nations, notably Ukrainians and Belarusians. The second layer is Byzantine, relating to the spiritual space [shared by Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians]” referred to by Putin in his essay On the Historical Belarus into Ukraine. Importantly, a majority of Belarusians are against the deployment of Russian nuclear continued to grow. Shortly after the invasion, Belarusians took to the streets in protest, leading to widespread


USAID: United States Agency for International Development · 22 March 2024 English

The Request integrates solutions to these issues across sectors and seeks to prevent and respond to GBV by addressing the root causes of violence, improving protection services for survivors, and …

Belarusian state propaganda and disinformation, build Belarusians’ resilience to malign influence, and prepare international law in order to provide justice for Belarusians. U.S. assistance will also build Belarus's national


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 20 March 2024 English

The EU’s Eastern Partnership policy, established in 2009, covers six post-Soviet states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. It was created to support political, social and economic reform efforts …

recognised standards and that a majority of Belarusians considered the united opposition candidate, Sviatlana


ISW: Institute for the Study of War · 13 March 2024 English

Putin has made it a priority throughout his rule to prevent more former Soviet states and even other states, such as the Balkan countries, from joining NATO.[6] The Kremlin has …

in which he noted that Ukrainians, alongside Belarusians, have always belonged to the Russian nation.[58]


HJS: Henry Jackson Society · 11 March 2024 English

l The lack of competition in the elections, the death of Alexei Navalny, the constitutional shenanigans to allow Putin to stand once again, and the loss of voice for many …

news/world-latin-america-67153460. 11 J oerg Forbrig, “Belarusians have rejected Lukashenko. So should the EU”, August 2020, https://www.politico.eu/ article/belarusians-have-rejected-lukashenko-so-should-the-eu/. 12


ILO: International Labour Organisation · 6 March 2024 English

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activities. Information should be sought from Belarusians living in exile after serving prison sentences;


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 28 February 2024 English

The parliamentary and local council elections held in Belarus last week were its first since the 2020 crisis, when huge protests against electoral fraud rocked the country following a presidential …

wanted to both ascertain for himself and show Belarusians that the events of 2020 were an aberration and


CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 1 February 2024 English

in the NPT, of which South Africa is a party, as well as the continent’s Treaty of Pelindaba, establishing One of the most important processes of this a nuclear-weapon-free zone …

echoingbegan its military operation in Ukraine, Belarusians inherited a small nuclear arsenal from the Lukashenko’s


ISW: Institute for the Study of War · 29 January 2024

Putin and Lukashenko approved three agreements on the implementation of the Union State Treaty, joint scientific and technological development, and the coordination of both countries’ foreign policies during a meeting …

[21] Putin reiterated claims that Russians and Belarusians are “fraternal peoples,” united by a common history


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