Hanna Liubakova

Sep 6, 2023 | atlanticcouncil.org | Borys Gudziak |Hanna Liubakova |Peter Malcolm Dickinson

Belarusian diplomatic missions will no longer issue new passports to Belarusian citizens residing abroad and will not renew expired personal documents, according to a decree signed by Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka on September 4. Instead, Belarusian citizens living abroad will be required to return to Belarus in order to access passport services. The new regulations will also make it difficult for Belarusians residing outside the country to sell real estate or other assets.

Jun 29, 2023 | atlanticcouncil.org | Peter Malcolm Dickinson |Andriy Zagorodnyuk |Hanna Liubakova

The recent Wagner mutiny in Russia was a short-lived affair but it has succeeded in exposing the myth of Vladimir Putin as a formidable political strongman who will go to extremes to achieve his goals. In reality, Putin’s failure to punish mutinous troops who seized a major Russian city and marched on Moscow has revealed him as a weak leader who is more inclined to capitulate than escalate.