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Belarus Since the Election: Protest and Progress?
03 September 2020, 6:00 pm鈥�7:30 pm
Join SSEES Professor Andrew Wilson and Tadeusz Giczan, discussing the recent events in Belarus
This event is free.
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- Free
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SSEES
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Zoom
The situation in Belarus shows no signs of calming down. In a follow up event to '', join Professor Andrew Wilson and PhD candidate Tadeusz Giczan as they discuss the events since the election. 聽
In particular this seminar will turn SSEES's expertise to look at the聽reasons for the protests, the unprecedented crackdown, Russia's creeping, 'hybrid' interference, and the implications for Russia, Belarus's neighbours and the West. Finally asking, will Lukashenka survive? If so, on what terms?
Andrew Wilson is Professor of Ukrainian Studies at SSEES and the author of Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship (Yale University Press), a new edition of which will appear in 2021 to cover recent events. Tadeusz Giczan is doing his PhD on Belarusian politics at SSEES and has been a leading commentator on unfolding events .