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Nov 8, 2021 12 tweets 9 min read Read on X
#Belarus Look at what is happening on the border. A huge crowd of migrants is walking towards the Polish border. Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing
See what’s happening at the border with #Poland. Unbelievable
More videos. Imagine that the Belarusian State Border Committee blames #Poland for that. #Lukashenko wants the EU to talk to him. It is crucial not to agree to his blackmailing strategy. He should be isolated, more pressure should be imposed. He is the problem,not the solution
#Belarus Hundreds of migrants are waiting at the border with #Poland
It is reported that armed employees of the State Border Committee have lined up along the road with dogs and are driving the migrants towards the forest. This is in #Belarus
#Belarus A video from one of the migrants, in which you can carefully see the armed men who later drove the migrants into the forest towards the border with #Poland. Strong response from the EU is needed. This is major provocation from the regime in Minsk
So cynical. Peskov said that the Kremlin has “no doubts” that #Belarus ensures all measures to keep the situation with migrants stable. Meanwhile, we receive reports that more security forces might be preparing to head to the border. I do have doubts that they would keep migrants
State media claim that a group of migrants has left the territory of #Belarus. We don’t know whether they reached #Poland. They apparently turned to the forest. Pressure is needed: sanctions, stop trading with the regime and collaborating with SOEs, no access to financial markets
The Polish Ministry of Defense has published the most recent video from a helicopter. It shows that migrants are on the Belarusian side of the border. There are way too many of them. It means that state media in Belarus and Russia lie - migrants hasn't yet left #Belarus
Pro-regime media in #Belarus has just published a video claiming that migrants are crossing the Belarusian-Polish border. However, as I know people who are now on the border, these migrants might be going to the neutral territory. This is difficult to check though. Stay tuned
#Lukashenko’s goal is to force the EU to speak with him again. Pro-regime analysts are now openly saying that "it depends on the EU to start negotiations with the regime." We should not agree.What can be done:
✔️ Stronger,real sanctions
✔️Discuss the crisis at the @UN and @OSCE
#Belarus The Ministry of Internal Affairs of #Poland posted a video saying that migrants are trying to break through the fence. This looks dramatic indeed. The Polish government called today's situation with migrants the most difficult since the beginning of the migration crisis.

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Sep 14
What do all these military drills in #Belaris and #Russia mean? Here's your backgrounder 🔽

#Zapad2025 is a large-scale joint military exercise happening Sept 12-16, 2025, the first big drills since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Image
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Unlike earlier Zapad exercises, there is a pronounced focus on nuclear escalation and offensive scenarios, including simulating an attack corridor through Poland and Lithuania - a clear shift from defensive posturing.
Belarusian dictator Lukashenka calls the drills de-escalatory but simultaneously announces the planning of the use of Russian nuclear assets and Oreshnik, showing his limited independence yet an attempt to calm the West.
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Sep 13
In #Belarus, opposition leader Mikalai Statkevich has disappeared. After being released with other political prisoners, he refused deportation. Witnesses say masked men removed him at the border. His fate is unknown. His freedom, and possibly his life, is at stake. Who is he? ⬇️ Image
At 69, he is not only a politician but one of the most prominent moral figures of the Belarusian democratic movement. A former army officer and military engineer, he has already spent nearly ten years of his life in prison for opposing Lukashenka's rule. Image
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Born in a family of teachers in the Slutsk district, Statkevich attended the Minsk Higher Military Engineering School and later served in the Soviet army. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, earned a candidate dissertation, and published over 60 scientific works. Image
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Sep 8
From September 12-16, #Belarus and #Russia are holding the Zapad-2025 joint strategic military exercise, touted officially as a defensive drill testing readiness of the Union State forces. But beneath the rhetoric is a deeper story about power, signaling, and regional tension. Image
Belarus is a key actor in Russia's war economy. Over 500 Belarusian enterprises feed into Russia's state defense order, including many "front" firms circumventing sanctions. Several civilian plants have been repurposed to support military production, financed largely by Moscow.
Militarily, these drills are more than routine. Belarusian defense minister Khrenin confirmed rehearsals of nuclear-use planning and the deployment of the "Oreshnik" system, with indications that Belarusian MLRS "Polonez" could be equipped with nuclear warheads.
Read 19 tweets
Aug 19
Sergei Lavrov claims #Russia must "protect Russian-speaking people" in #Ukraine. It sounds deceptively logical to those unfamiliar with the region. As someone whose first language is Russian, here’s the full truth: language does NOT define nationality or justify aggression.
Speaking Russian does not equate to being Russian. Language is a tool of communication and cultural choice - not a chain of ownership.

By the way, that's why today I speak Belarusian on a daily basis.
Lavrov tries to weaponize language, claiming all Russian speakers must belong to Russia. By that twisted logic, Spain could claim the whole Spanish-speaking world. This is not about protecting people - it’s about denying sovereignty and rewriting national identities by force.
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Aug 14
❗️To the attention of my colleagues in Germany:

One of #Belarus’s most notorious prison officers - accused by former inmates of sadism and torture - has quietly resettled in #Germany under the name Dimitri Schönwiese. Image
Dmitry “Rudolf” Shynvize ran the operations unit of Babruisk Penal Colony Nr 2 - a place housing at least 50 political prisoners. Victims say he relished cruelty, handing out arbitrary punishments and humiliations.
Ex-prisoners recall being strangled with scarves, mocked for being orphans, beaten for trivial “offences” like an undone button, or thrown into isolation cells on fabricated charges.
Read 6 tweets
May 14
On this day in 1995, #Belarus held a pivotal referendum that would shape the country’s future. Here’s what happened and why it still matters: 🧵 Image
On May 14, 1995, Belarusians voted in a four-question referendum alongside parliamentary elections. The issues:
1. Should Russian have equal status with Belarusian?
2. Should new national symbols be adopted?
3. Should Belarus pursue economic integration with Russia?
4. Should the president have the power to dissolve parliament for constitutional violations?Image
According to official results, all four proposals passed with over 75% support and a turnout of nearly 65%. This led to Russian becoming a state language, Soviet-style symbols replacing the historic white-red-white flag and Pahonia coat of arms, and deeper integration with #Russia.Image
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