Matthew Frear 🌻

International politics of contemporary Belarus and post 'post-Soviet' Eurasia. «Жить хорошо, а хорошо жить еще лучше!»

[Matthew Frear 🌻 @mattchik]

Hot off the presses: a chapter from me on Belarus in an edited volume on Personalism and Personalist Regimes 🇧🇾📖 https://t.co/DZKtaRo6d9

[Matthew Frear 🌻 @mattchik]

5 Candidates Approved For Belarus Vote 🇧🇾🗳https://t.co/0i1UsLrUf3

[Belsat in English @Belsat_Eng]

Well, what everyone expected happened. The Belarusian CEC registered Lukashenka as a candidate in the upcoming presidential elections

[OSW – Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland @OSW_eng]

🔵Defence and determination.
🔵Nearly every sphere of the Ukrainian 🇺🇦 state has been transformed by the existential war with Russia 🇷🇺
🔵We look at the most profound shifts that took place after over 30 months of the full-scale invasion ⤵️
📑https://t.co/IW31yv5cIe

[Matthew Frear 🌻 @mattchik]

RT @Clingendaelorg: De toekomst van Oekraïners in Europa blijft onzeker: aansturen op terugkeer of bieden van langdurige (arbeids)mogelijkh…

[Carnegie Europe @Carnegie_Europe]

"Let’s not be naive: We are not at war, but we are not at peace, either," says @SecGenNATO, wrapping up today's event.

Missed the discussion? Watch in full: https://t.co/hYWE40jbXm

[Bob Deen @bob_deen]

Morgen in de @nrc een interview over mijn pogingen een steentje bij te dragen aan een rechtvaardige en duurzame vrede voor Oekraïne, en over hoe moeilijk dat nog gaat zijn. Ik doe dit uiteraard niet alleen, samen met @Clingendaelorg collega @JSoldatiuk.

https://t.co/qqOhBc6l3Z

[NOS @NOS]

Oekraïners positief over leven in Nederland, maar 'kunnen weinig opbouwen' https://t.co/XZI6xkLRkC

[NRC @nrc]

Nu Nederland geen Russische olie meer importeert, komt die uit Kazachstan. Het land is vervuild door de oliewinning en de politieke elite van de autocratie verrijkt zich – met hulp van Nederlandse bedrijven. „Alles is er giftig.” https://t.co/xMDJlJNYv8

[Matthew Frear 🌻 @mattchik]

Protests against planned budget cuts to higher education here in the Netherlands. Chilly and soggy but a good turnout!

[Omroep West @omroepwest]

Docenten en studenten protesteren tegen bezuinigingen: 'Plannen zijn oerdom' https://t.co/YR8awerpv0

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

🇺🇦New episode of Ukraine: The Latest

@DomNicholls is joined by @RolandOliphant, @FrancisDearnley, @francis_scarr and @francisjfarrell to discuss the latest updates in Ukraine on the 1,000th day of the full scale invasion

🎧 Listen 👇
https://t.co/dAzUdaD3Id

[flrs @flrskkrmn]

1000 dagen oorlog in Europa.
De foto's, de pijnlijke cijfers, ex-gevangenen in de Oekraïense krijgsmacht, de harde oorlogsrealiteit en de invloed van de Atacms. Vandaag @nrc
1/3

[Зеркало | Новости @zerkalo_io]

«Лукашенко хочет завязать разговор с новой администрацией в США».

Мнение политического обозревателя Артема Шрайбмана.

https://t.co/thrIUlttRo

[Bob Deen @bob_deen]

🧵Net terug uit #Oekraïne na een serie goede besprekingen over de militaire en politieke situatie en de kansen en risico's voor een eventueel (vredes)akkoord. Timing was bijzonder zo vlak na verkiezing Trump en ik heb er weer enorm veel geleerd. Hier wat context en conclusies. /1

[RAAM – op Rusland, Oekraïne en Belarus @platformraam]

The timing of Trump’s victory can hardly be worse for Ukraine. Now, after three years of Western homeotherapy that neither heals nor kills the patient, the Ukrainians face a radical surgery for a decent life or Putin’s graveyard, writes Mykola Riabchuk.

https://t.co/rh31otvurt

[Зеркало | Новости @zerkalo_io]

Беларусские пропагандисты порассуждали, какой процент будет у Лукашенко на предстоящих выборах президента.

«Зуб даю».

https://t.co/HxBjgp1Z2D

[Matthew Frear 🌻 @mattchik]

Who is pretending to stand against Lukashenka in January 2025? 🇧🇾🗳️ https://t.co/G3scnsbR6D

[CEPA @cepa]

Caveat Emptor: Putin’s Misadventures in Trumpworld | "Donald Trump’s re-election may have been cheered in Moscow, but it is unlikely to be the gift the Kremlin was hoping for." @samagreene https://t.co/yIo1SwKdSe

[Belsat in English @Belsat_Eng]

Lukashenka called Trump a staunch capitalist

He recognized Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. election but did not congratulate him.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka mentioned American politicians during the opening of a swimming pool in Minsk, which was built as part of Chinese humanitarian aid to Belarus:

"China promised, and China did. This is discipline. This is an example for us. What was said - it was done. And no Trump, Harris or Biden will turn the Chinese people away. We need to learn from them."

In doing so, the dictator thanked China for more than 30 years of cooperation and friendship, during which Beijing was to never let Minsk down.

According to Lukashenka, the Belarusians and the Chinese are brought closer together by their respect for the heritage of the socialist movement. At the same time, he stated that the West is gradually returning to socialism, although in the 1990s, "they trampled all these concepts with their feet."

"Admittedly, in America [socialism] is still a vulgarity, including from the lips of the victorious Donald Trump, a president who accused Kamala Harris of being a socialist and a communist. Trump - a staunch capitalist. A billionaire, by the way," stressed Lukashenka.

At the same time, he stated that he sees nothing wrong with socialism and that his country is socially oriented.

Donald Trump has already been congratulated by leaders from other countries, including Andrzej Duda, Emmanuel Macron, and Volodymyr Zelensky.

pj / https://t.co/G5vBlHOHOY

[Bear Market Brief @BearMarketBrief]

Moscow is still very much interested in who the next US president will be, and that person’s position on Ukraine—the key interest for the #Kremlin and Putin—is the crux of the matter. https://t.co/Dy9pdTgUH5

[Ruth Deyermond @ruth_deyermond]

A reminder that even if you want to avoid escalating conflict with Russia it doesn't mean Russia wants to avoid escalating conflict with you.