My guest commentary for in #StockholmBelarusConf. Do make sure you check out the other commentaries as well (or instead 😅). There is a really nice lineup of writers! https://t.co/pBY6rZrkGq
IRES Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies at @uppsalauni is looking for an early-career researcher for a two-year postdoctoral position in the social sciences, with documented area expertise on both Russia and Ukraine. Deadline: 20 December
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The ASN World Convention is back! Columbia University, May 22-24, 2025. Proposal Deadline: 12 December 2024. Ukraine, Russia, Balkans, Central Europe, Eurasia, Caucasus, Nationalism, Migration, Populism, Gender. 150 panels. A no miss!
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BREAKING: President @Zourabichvili_S announces that she does not recognize the elections results and call the people to join her. Zurabishvili asks people to join the protest at Rustaveli tomorrow at 7PM.
President tells the Georgian people that they won these elections, and nobody has the right to take that away from us. This was outright election fraud—a complete theft of votes, a Russian special operation, a new form of hybrid aggression by Russia. They deprived us of the right to elections; they stole the institution of elections, she said. More below.
⚠️Today the early parliamentary elections are held in #Azerbaijan .
⚡️As previously, we will follow the elections through cameras which were installed to polling stations by the CEC.
📌Keep following us, we will update you regarding the elections throughout day.
🔸The first issue that found - cameras in several polling stations in Nakhchivan do not work #Elections2024
Expectations ahead of parliamentary election in #Azerbaijan are grim: Interview with an independent candidate
"People are aware that life in villages and beyond is harder, but during the campaign I realized just how much worse things were." https://t.co/tJ7DSV9QtF
Few doubt the results of Azerbaijan’s parliamentary elections, due to held on 1 September. But despite this, some independent candidates are still trying to challenge the system.https://t.co/AAzn7ibANx
BREAKING: Azerbaijani researcher and OC Media contributor Bahruz Samadov has been charged with treason by the Sabail District Court, and faces 12-20 years in prison or a life sentence if found guilty.
https://t.co/z4rid2bPE8
Azerbaijani researcher Bahruz Samadov has reportedly been detained in Baku on drug possession charges. Samadov has been an outspoken critic of the government.
https://t.co/sIphgb0UMa
Surreal life: today I was sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia along with 19 other people. This is how the Belarusian regime keeps putting pressure on independent experts, analysts and researchers.
Diplomatic scandal between #Armenia and #Belarus, with both ambassadors having been recalled and Pashinyan saying no Armenian official would travel to Belarus under Lukashenka. 1/