http://belarus.blogsome.com Media, blogs and my personal thoughts about Belarus' elections in 2010 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:47:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please, read my new English-language blog about Belarus news and politics here - http://belarusblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default. http://belarus.blogsome.com/2012/01/29/my-new-blog-address-is-at-belarusblogblogspotcom/ Hello, world! Almost feels like the first post, as I was absent from this blog for ages. Alas, I have little time for blogging these days. However, I do hope to return here once in a while to express my thoughts on important matters concerning Belarus. The last year in ... http://belarus.blogsome.com/2012/01/05/belarus-2012/ For about two weeks, Belarusian segment of the Internet went nuts over Nekliaev’s revelation that he had brutally killed a cat. During an online Q&A conference, an aspiring presidential candidate was asked whether an episode of a brutal murder of a cat, described in his book “Armaggedon. Dramatic Poem,” was ... http://belarus.blogsome.com/2010/10/02/feline-factor-in-belarusian-politics/ Last week Milinkevich officially announced that he would not run for president this time around. However, he would actively support pro-Belarusian candidates. He did not reveal any specific names, but it is quite clear he will support either Ryhor Kastusiou, Ales Michalevic or Jury Hlushakou. I think Kastusiou has more ... http://belarus.blogsome.com/2010/09/19/milinkevich-out/ A new political season has started with an unprecedented number of oppositional politicians willing to participate in the election. Some of them are really aiming to collect 100,000 signatures necessary to be eligible to run for president; others are just splashing the water. To the best of my knowledge, very ... http://belarus.blogsome.com/2010/09/16/reality-check-nekliaev/ During the previous Belarusian presidential elections, I was live-blogging in English, reporting on any political developments which I thought were of value. The new elections will be held on December 19th, 2010. This date means one thing - authorities don’t even consider having a runoff. Who would participate in the ... http://belarus.blogsome.com/2010/09/15/ho-ho-ho-christmas-elections-coming/ Last weekend the police brutally dispersed an unsanctioned gay parade in Minsk. A week prior to that, a gay-pride event had been held in Vilnius, Lithuania. In Lithuanian capital, it went without much trouble, although the police had to keep an eye on a considerably large crowd of homophobes who ... http://belarus.blogsome.com/2010/05/17/we-are-peaceful-people-tolerance-a-national-trait-of-belarusians/ The local election season ended with no visible impact on the Belarusian politics. The official turnout was high just as usual, but from what I can gather neither Belarusian opposition activists nor the society in general paid much attention to this campaign. I find it unfortunate since local election is ... http://belarus.blogsome.com/2010/05/12/local-elections-apathy-reflected-online/ As part of my academic work for the Institute of Political Studies “Political Sphere” on one part and my studies at EHU on the other, I am writing a research paper on the role of the regional online media in the coverage of the current local election in Belarus. Damn ... http://belarus.blogsome.com/2010/04/22/dead-election-season/ There’s recently been a lot of hype in the Belarusian blogosphere around a new undertaking nicknamed the Göttingen process. Last February, a group of the Belarusian intellectuals gathered in Göttingen, Germany, to discuss the problems of the Belarusian culture. They came up with a document entitled “The Unity of Culture ... http://belarus.blogsome.com/2010/04/03/the-myth-of-belarusian-cultural-unity/