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Security alert brings back Cold War memories for Sweden
GOTLAND, Sweden — On Sweden’s Baltic Sea island of Gotland, Cold War-style security alerts are back. Last week, a mixture of Russian military maneuvers and Western nations’ offshore training operations triggered a rare mobilization of Swedish troops, with tanks sent to guard the main Gotland port and jet fighters flying overhead. The...
US stands with EU to push for new election in Belarus
The United States will work closely with the EU to raise pressure on embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko and bring about new elections in the country gripped by protests since a disputed vote last month, Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun said Wednesday. “We are coordinating closely with our transatlantic partners, including...
Belarus crackdown’s next victim: Its booming IT sector
Franak Viačorka is a journalist and analyst based in Minsk. He is a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council and vice president of DigiComNet. MINSK — For years, there was an unspoken contract between the Belarusian regime and its growing IT sector: We do not touch you, and you do not meddle in politics. That tacit agreement appears to have...
Never mind Navalny, Germany won’t get tough with Russia
BERLIN — Alexei Navalny’s family might be counting on Germans to save the Russian opposition leader’s life. But if they’re expecting justice, they’ve come to the wrong place. As Navalny lay in a coma at Berlin’s Charité hospital on Friday, Angela Merkel held court in front of the press corps just around the corner,...
Macron wants to avoid a repeat of Ukraine in Belarus
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron wants to avoid a repeat in Belarus of what happened in Ukraine, he said on Friday. He warned against Russian armed involvement in Belarus and said he had enlisted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s help in convincing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to accept mediation from the Organization...
Merkel demands tougher EU response to poisoning of Russian opposition leader
BERLIN — Angela Merkel demanded a joint EU reaction to the poisoning of Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny, saying the bloc must produce a similar response to the aftermath of the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal in the U.K. 2018. But the German chancellor said the case should not impact on the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline project....
How to rescue Belarus and Europe’s ‘gray zone’ from Russia
Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the Europe At Large column. PARIS — The sight of hundreds of thousands of Belarusian citizens demonstrating peacefully for an end to dictatorship and election-rigging is a welcome and hopeful one for democrats across Europe and throughout the West. Yet the mass movement in Minsk also raises...
EU leaders reject Belarus election result, urge dialogue
With the experience of Ukraine in mind, EU leaders called for dialogue in Belarus and pledged funding, but stopped short of calling for new elections. …read more Source::...
EU leaders reject Belarus election result, urge dialogue
With the experience of Ukraine in mind, EU leaders called for dialogue in Belarus and pledged funding, but stopped short of calling for new elections. …read more Source::...
