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![Prominent Belarusian journalist found dead in his summer cottage](https://belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/on-300x225.jpg)
Aleh Byabenin was one of the founders and leaders of charter97.org website. According to the Belarusian independent news portal charter97.org *, the body of Aleh Byabenin was found on September 3,...
On May 27, launching Amnesty International Report 2010: State of the World's Human Rights*, which documents abuses in 159 countries, the organization said that powerful governments are blocking advances in international...
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In his article for the Jamestown Foundation the known expert on Belarus David Marples portrays Andrei Sannikau who recently announced his willing to run for the presidency.
![Today is the Alternate Independence Day of Belarus](https://belarusdigest.com/sites/default/files/images/Freedom_Day-150x150.jpg)
On March 25, 1918, the Council of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, a representative body formed as a result of a nationwide congress in 1917, has adopted its Third Charter declaring independence of Belarus...
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Several observers say that the introduction of a common currency should be the next step of the integration of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia. The three countries have recently created a customs union and it is logical to assume that...
![BBC Interviews Ivonka Survilla – President of Belarusian Government in Exile](https://belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/survilla.jpg)
BBC features Ivonka Survila, the President of the Council (Rada) of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in a special broadcast on governments in exile. According to the...
![Viktor Yanukovich, an ethnic Belarusian, Elected as President of Ukraine](https://belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Yanuki_Yanukovich-150x150.jpg)
While Belarus itself has been stuck with its authoritarian ruler since 1994, an ethnic Belarusian in neighboring Ukraine has secured the highest position in the country. Father of the newly-elected...
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The main aim of a visa regime is to regulate migration flow and to prevent eventual illegal immigrants from entering the country....
![The Wall Street Journal: Europe’s Last Dictatorship](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/wsj.gif)