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  Brussels sources say EU set to impose sanctions on Alexander Lukashenko

  This article reports on the EU sanctioning Alexander Lukashenko
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  ‘I will remember her ashes forever’ Why Nizhny Novgorod’s most independent journalist, Irina Slavina, burned herself alive in front of the local police station

  The death of Irina Slavina, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the free journalism KozaPress, is the living evidence of media censorship and violation of free speech in Russia.
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  Goodbye, Lenin: How a small town in Russia triggered outrage by ditching a few of its Soviet street names

  Protests recently erupted in Tarusa after the city's council changed the names of streets named after leaders in the Soviet Union back to their pre-revolutionary forms. While some tend to agree that the Soviet revolutionaries should no longer be glorified, those protesting feel that the re-naming of streets is a sign of fascism and an unwarranted rejection of the town's history
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  Strikes begin across Belarus after the authorities fail to fulfill the ‘People’s Ultimatum’

  An article describing strikes that began on October 26th 2020
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  ‘Blame the Russian Federation’ Journalist Irina Slavina’s self-immolation came after years of constant pressure from the authorities

  This article points to the political parties (in Russia) responsible for the death of the correspondent Irina Slavina.
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  Belarusian police disperse anti-Lukashenko ‘women’s march’ in Minsk, more than 100 arrests made

  This article elaborates on how the Belarusian authorities responded to a women’s march that took place in Minsk, demanding for the impeachment of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
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  How the Russian state media rescued Belarusian broadcasters from political pluralism

  An article describing Russian journalists' activities in Belarus after the Belarus election in 2020.
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  Putin, Lukashenko To Talk 'Integration' Amid Belarus Protests

  This article explores the possibility of Russian and Belarusian integration