Lukashenko likes sports so much and has been using sports victories for political reasons during all his rule so when he is criticized by sportsmen or sportswomen, he really doesn’t take it well
Pavel Slunkin looks at the attempt to force the sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya to return to Belarus after she criticized her coaches for registering her for the wrong event
Tikhanovskaya’s US visit is perhaps her most important foreign trip yet because of Washington’s power and influence. High-level meetings will send strong signals over the Atlantic
Pavel Slunkin believes that Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s trip to the United States is the most important one she’s carried out to date
Lukashenko doesn’t want political integration with Russia because this will mean he loses his power. But if his economy stagnates… then Russia will have to spend more money without gaining control
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