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| Kamil Kłysiński
On 23 August massive crowds of demonstrators took to the streets in the centre of Minsk to protest against the regime under the slogan ‘New Belarus March’. Between 100,000 and 150,000 people took part in the protest, as was the case on the…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 18–19 August, the intensity of protests was noticeably lower than during the weekend, though still significant. As on the previous days, residents of Minsk and Grodno were the most active. The first press conference of the Coordinating…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 17 August, peaceful demonstrations were still being held all over the country, although their numbers were smaller than those held on Sunday. Opponents of the regime gathered mainly in city centres and in front of police barracks where…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
Over the last few days, the scale of the protests which now involve almost every city in Belarus has expanded further. The demonstrations are still peaceful, and their numbers vary from tens to hundreds of thousands of people, depending on…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
All of the demonstrations that took place on were Thursday were entirely peaceful. They took the forms of living ‘solidarity chains’, marches of groups of demonstrators along city streets and pickets in front of detention centres. The…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
More anti-regime demonstrations were seen across the country on 12 August. The protests spilled outside the main protest centres (Minsk, Homel, Hrodna, Vitebsk, Baranovichy, Maladzyechna) to other regional cities and numerous small towns…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
During the evening and night of 11 August there were repeated post-election protests. Outside Minsk, demonstrations also took place in regional (Hrodna, Brest, Mahiliau) and district cities (including Lida, Baranavichy, Smarhon, Osipovichy…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
During the evening and overnight, more protests numbering at least several thousand people took place in Minsk, dispersed throughout various parts of the city. In some parts of the capital there were serious clashes with law enforcement…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 9 August, the presidential elections in Belarus ended. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), the turnout was 84.2%. The CEC also announced partial voting results based on the situation at 9am local time. In accordance…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
The presidential elections in Belarus scheduled for 9 August are being held in extremely unfavourable conditions for the authorities. The reduction of Russian subsidies related to the dispute between Minsk and Moscow over further…