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What was Belarus formerly a member of?
The Soviet empire
Where is Belarus located?
Europe
What is the name of the Belarusian president?
Alexander Lukashenko
What are the protestors protesting is Belarus?
Police brutality and election fraud
Who offered to help with negotiations? (Hint: He’s a leader from another country)
Edi Rama
Who was the leader that was recently kidnapped?
Maxim Znak
What group was Znak apart of that was deemed illegal?
The Coordination Council
What scales are this conflict on? There are two answers.
Global and national
What is there a lack of within the kidnapping of protestors?
Human rights
How can you relate this to global politics?
Hard power and lack of human rights
What type of government does Belarus have?
A dictatorship
Where is Edi Rama from? Or who is he?
Albanian Prime Minister
Is Lukashenko doing anything to fix his country?
No
What are the kidnappings called?
“Terror against the people”
Why was Maxim detained?
His membership of CC was illegal
What colors are in the Belarusian flag?
Red and white
What started the protests?
The elections that Lukashenko have won (since 1994) are always in a landslide and are believed to be rigged.
What is said about the size of this protest?
It is said to be the biggest protest in history for Belarus.
What does the European Union plan to do?
Place sanctions on officials in Belarus
What did the EU deem the election?
“Neither free morning fair”