Paul Hansbury
BELARUS NOTES #8: TROOPS ON THE UKRAINE BORDER
Interpreting a recent escalation along the Belarus-Ukraine border. Is there anything for Ukraine to worry about?
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Paul Hansbury
Aug 276 min
FRANCE VS. TELEGRAM: IS FREE SPEECH AT RISK?
The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has prompted accusations of a curb on free speech. To my mind, the debate should be about privacy.
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Paul Hansbury
Jul 215 min
BELARUS NOTES #7: MINSK AND SHANGHAI
Belarus is the first European state to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; Lukashenka's 30 years; and Tsikhanouskaya visits the UK.
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Paul Hansbury
Jul 36 min
WHAT DOES THE UK ELECTION MEAN FOR UKRAINE AND BELARUS?
The United Kingdom goes to the polls this week. Does the result matter at all for Ukrainians and Belarusians?
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Paul Hansbury
May 46 min
GEORGIA ON THE BRINK
Georgian protests, Lord Cameron in Ukraine, a scathing US view of the UK army, Belarusian informants... What caught my attention this week.
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Paul Hansbury
Apr 215 min
REASONS TO CHANGE TACK #4: SPORT AND POLITICS
Why I changed my mind about the relationship between sport and politics, and (reluctantly) support a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes.
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Paul Hansbury
Apr 27 min
THE BRUTALISATION OF RUSSIA
A few remarks on last month's terrorist attack in Moscow. The treatment of the four suspects is part of the brutalisation of Russia.
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Paul Hansbury
Mar 215 min
TWO COUNTRIES, TWO DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES
Both Ukraine and Belarus have long-standing population worries, which the crises of recent years have exacerbated.
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Paul Hansbury
Mar 36 min
BELARUS NOTES #6: THE NO VOTE
A few notes on last weekend's elections in Belarus, and some Belarus-related events I've been involved in this past week.
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Paul Hansbury
Nov 30, 20235 min
IS THE CSTO MORE THAN A PAPER TIGER?
Belarus hosted a CSTO summit in Minsk last week. Fractures between members of the military bloc are hard to paper over however.
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Paul Hansbury
Nov 18, 20235 min
BELARUS NOTES #5: TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
A recent decree will make many Belarusians stateless. The opposition is trying to convince others its New Belarus passport is the solution.
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Paul Hansbury
Oct 14, 20236 min
BELARUS NOTES #4: THE OPPOSITION & THE EU
Open Democracy published a ‘rebuttal’ to my recent article for them. I knew that a response was coming and I welcome the challenge to the...
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Paul Hansbury
Sep 23, 20234 min
NOTEBOOK (SEPTEMBER – PART I)
One of the biggest challenges since I started this blog is that there is so much going on in, or otherwise affecting, eastern Europe and...
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Paul Hansbury
Aug 24, 20235 min
PRIGOZHIN’S DEATH: THE BELARUS ANGLE
After Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries marched on Moscow in late June, and then dramatically backed down, one thing was clear – there was...
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Paul Hansbury
Jul 10, 20237 min
NATO, BELARUS AND THE RUSSIAN NUKES
When NATO meets in Vilnius for its annual summit next week, Ukraine will rightly dominate the agenda. The lack of consensus within NATO abou
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Paul Hansbury
Jul 10, 202310 min
LUKASHENKA AND THE PRIGOZHIN MUTINY
One man unexpectedly came out of last month’s spectacle rather well: Belarus’s dictator, Alyaksandr Lukashenka. What was his role, really?
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Paul Hansbury
May 30, 20236 min
BELARUS NOTES #3: SUCCESSION
Speculation surrounded Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s recent disappearance from public. After a six-day absence, he reappeared scrubbed and...
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Paul Hansbury
May 15, 20233 min
BELARUS NOTES #2: LUKASHENKA'S HEALTH
I’m resisting a click-bait worthy title. BNE Intellinews has gone with the bold: ‘Is Lukashenko Dead?’ Like most people commenting on...
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Paul Hansbury
Apr 19, 20235 min
AND NOW IT’S VIRTUAL INSANITY
This blog post is about the sentencing of Vladimir Kara-Murza, and about political prisoners in Russia and Belarus. It is also about...
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Paul Hansbury
Mar 31, 20236 min
BELARUS NOTES #1: NUKES
Last weekend Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will move tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) to Belarusian territory. Meanwhile,...
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