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‘You have to step over your fear’: how to take on a dictator

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Tawakkol Karman led uprisings in Belarus and Yemen respectively. They explain what it means to be at the forefront of a revolution

The Guardian - UK

Neco Williams compares Wales World Cup qualification to being ‘kid at Christmas’

Covid-19, Belarus switch and Ukraine final delay were all obstacles in World Cup campaign

The Independent UK

Could Poland's Suwalki gap be Russia's next military target?

As war continues to rage in Ukraine, neighbouring countries worry that they might see the conflict spill over into their territory. In Poland, fears are centered around the Suwalki gap, a strip of Polish land that lies between the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad and Belarus. NATO troops are currently training…

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Poland-Belarus border: The people pushed back in a Polish forest

In Poland, a tale of two borders. On the Belarusian border, refugees face pushbacks and detention.

Al Jazeera

The underground network of Belarusians sabotaging Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine and plotting a revolution at home

A vast network of former Belarusian officials, activists, private hackers and ordinary citizens has reached deep into Russia's war with the aim of helping Ukrainians defeat their invaders.

ABC News

Putin Says Ukrainian Grain Can Be Exported through Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday denied Moscow was preventing Ukrainian ports from exporting grain and said the best solution would be to ship it through Belarus, as long as sanctions on that country were lifted. Putin, saying reports of a Russian export ban were "a bluff", told national television…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian troops pound Donbas as Ukraine war enters 100th day

Moscow has seized about a fifth of Ukrainian territory since its invasion and vows to continue ‘until all goals are achieved’

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Minsk will allow Ukrainian grain to transit Belarus in exchange for access to Baltic ports

Minsk is ready to allow the transit of Ukraine's grain to Baltic Sea ports via Belarus if it is allowed to ship Belarusian goods from these ports, the Belta news agency quoted Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko as saying on Friday.

Reuters

U.S. adds Russian airplane factories to economic blacklist

The United States on Thursday added 71 Russian and Belarusian entities to its trade blacklist including several aircraft factories and shipbuilding and research institutes in its latest effort to deprive the Russian military of U.S. technology and other items.

Reuters

The Booming Export of Authoritarianism

Ever more governments are reaching beyond their borders to silence their critics, according to a new Freedom House report.

Foreign Policy

The Long Arm of Authoritarianism

How Dictators Reach Across Borders to Shut Down Dissent

Foreign Affairs

These Belarusians join the fight against Russia, defying their Moscow-backed regime

Belarusians who see their country's fate as linked to Ukraine's victory are joining an anti-Kremlin resistance that includes activists, ex-spies and a Belarusian brigade fighting for Ukraine.

WEKU

French Open: understanding why Russian and Belarusian tennis players are competing despite Wimbledon ban

The world’s best tennis players are on court at the 2022 French Open, the first grand slam since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February. Unlike Wimbledon 2022, the French Open has decided to let Russian and Belarusian players compete.

The Conversation

Ukraine news – live: EU bans Russian oil imports by sea ‘to stop Putin war machine’

Top Russian official says the Kremlin will find other importers after EU moves to partially ban oil imports from Moscow

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Reuters

Belarus to conduct military mobilisation exercises near Ukraine border -BelTA

Belarus will conduct military mobilisation exercises in June and July in the Gomel region, state news agency BelTA reported on Monday.

360info

How Russia quietly built its allies since the Cold War

Despite widespread sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine, Russia still has many allies. This is how Russia built relationships from the ashes of the Cold War.

Reuters

Lukashenko orders new military command for south of Belarus, bordering Ukraine

Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday ordered the creation of a new military command for the south of country, bordering Ukraine.

Reuters

Analysis: UN's grain-for-fertiliser plan holds little appeal for Moscow

Russia has little to gain from agreeing to a U.N. proposal that it unblock Ukraine's grain exports via the Black Sea in exchange for the freeing of Russian and Belarusian fertiliser exports from Western sanctions, industry experts in Russia say.

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The Guardian - UK

Alleged Wagner Group fighters accused of murdering civilians in Ukraine

Belarusian pair are first international mercenaries to face war crimes charges since invasion began

The Independent UK

Emma Raducanu out of French Open after second-round defeat

The British number one fell in three sets to Belarussian Aliaksandra Sasnovich

The Independent UK

Emma Raducanu out of French Open after Aliaksandra Sasnovich fightback

The British number one took the opening set before her Belarussian opponent got the upperhand.

Daily Mirror

Emma Raducanu crashes out of French Open in second-round defeat to Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Brit Raducanu was beaten 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 by her Belarusian opponent to end her bid for a second Grand Slam title at Roland Garros

Daily Mirror

Benoit Paire accuses ATP of 'defending Russia more than players' in Wimbledon decision

The ATP announced this week they would be stripping Wimbledon of its ranking points in response to Russian and Belarusian players being banned from competing at SW19

Daily Mirror

Dan Evans blasts Wimbledon ranking points snub as Daniil Medvedev supports decision

Players will not be able to earn ranking points from Wimbledon this year after the ATP sanctioned the tournament in response to organisers banning Russian and Belarusian players

The Independent UK

Benoit Paire slams ATP for ‘defending Russia’ over Wimbledon ranking points

The ATP and WTA have taken the action after Russian and Belarusian players were banned from the tournament over the invasion of Ukraine

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