The message to the EU is: do you want to hit me? I am going to stop protecting your borders. But this is false, Lukashenka never protected the borders
Pavel Slunkin explains the new political strategy that the Belarusian President Aljaksandr Lukashenka implements towards the EU
For him, this is about vengeance and is a matter of regime survival – meaning that he is ready to escalate further, and to seek Russia’s backing in the process
The Guardian quotes from ECFR’s latest commentary on the Polish-Belarus border crisis,
Pavel Slunkin argues that the EU must increase the pressure on Lukashenko’s regime
There is no solid evidence yet, but I am convinced that Lukashenko did talk to Putin before” his whole campaign “and asked for his permission, and he got it
Pavel Slunkin comments on Russia’s involvement in the ongoing Poland-Belarus border crisis
Pavel Slunkin comments on the ongoing Poland-Belarus border crisis
He wants to force the European Union into a dialogue with him even though they consider him illegitimate
Pavel Slunkin analyses the intentions behind Lukashenko’s weaponisation of migration
Lukashenko saw that the tactics of Turkey and Morocco were working and went on the attack
Pavel Slunkin comments on Belarus’s weaponisation of migration
As with any form of blackmail, it would be pointless and dangerous to make concessions – It would send a signal to other authoritarian rulers that such tactics work
The Austrian newspaper quotes from Joanna Hosa’s, Gustav Gressel’s and Pavel Slunkin’s latest commentary on the Polish-Belarussian border crisis
Thanks to Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa, the Belarus crisis is on centre stage – a thing that the leaders of opposition never made happen before
Pavel Slunkin is quoted in an article about Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa in Le Figaro
The Belarusian people who work in tech not only want economic impact, but they want to transform it into political influence
Pavel Slunkin looks at why so many Belarusians have become politically involved since 2020