Country Reports
Exile for Lukashenko?
How Advocates of Democracy are being Forced to Emigrate from Belarus
In the last 17 years of Lukashenko’s presidency, people have left Belarus to go into exile for many different reasons. Many have left their homeland to study or set up a business, or simply because they feared for their lives. Many of the President’s former allies who have fallen out of favour now live in Moscow. Lukashenko’s democratic opponents have chosen Prague, Warsaw or Vilnius as places to live in exile. more…
Situation in Belarus after “the convincing victory”: second issue of the comics newspaper
2010 Presidential Elections in Belarus
In mid May 2011, the second issue of Marina Naprushkina’s graphic novel “The Convincing Victory: two stories on what really happened” was published. This publication was made possible through support provided by Konrad Adenauer Foundation and ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius. more…
Belarus President's “Convincing Victory” in Pictures
2010 Presidential Elections in Belarus
In early February 2011, the graphic novel “The Convincing Victory: two stories on what really happened” came off the press with support of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. The 16-page newspaper-size novel illustrates the events which happened in Belarus during 2010 Presidential Elections. more…
Malishevsky: Our government cannot control everything, even if it adopts other laws
Cyber Mobilization
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation has launched a new series of interviews, united under the title “Cyber Mobilization”. This series presents international actors of the Web 2.0 and their motivation. The experts interviewed will explain why they run blogs and how they understand their task. The first blogger, who is introduced in this series, is Viktor Malishevsky from Belarus. more…
Politics from the Niche
digital political communication as a source of information and exchange forum for the opposition in Belarus
Unlike in Western Europe and most of the new EU member states, political communication in Belarus using new digital media is not discussed with reference to the specific possibilities offered by Web 2.0 for communication between politicians and the public or in relation to digital democracy. Rather, the Internet is considered primarily as a tool for bypassing the censoring in the traditional media (newspapers, radio, and television). This is because no conventional public space exists in Belarus in which people are free to express their political views. more…
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The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is represented with its own office in around 70 countries on five continents. The foreign employees can give first-hand reports on current happenings and long-term developments in their respective countries. Their "country reports" offer visitors to the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung exclusive evaluations, background information and forecasts.
