Belarus and Russia’s state-run TV crafted a single narrative in November 2021 to cover the illegal migration crisis on the European Union’s borders: The West is to blame, and Belarus is blameless.
As thousands of migrants sought passage into Poland from Belarus, the few who made it through received life-saving supplies and refuge from a network of Polish activists and volunteer medics who have worked throughout the crisis to help those they believe deserve entry into the European Union.
Thirty years after Lithuania achieved independence from the Soviet Union, it is requesting that Greece hand over a man from Ukraine who was involved in a Soviet military intervention. Oleksandr Radkevich was a tank driver when Soviet troops entered Vilnius in January 1991.
Belarusian authorities have blocked access to Deutsche Welle and Current Time amid an intensifying crackdown on the media and civil society following last year’s disputed presidential election.
The Current Time analysis of content produced by Russian television network RT indicates the existence of two “parallel universes”: one for the Russian and a completely different for international audiences -- the latter full of falsehoods and conspiracy theories. (Current Time)
Kazakhstan will switch from its current Russian dialing code, +7, to its own national international dialing code, +997, the government said.
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