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August 23, 2020, 11:57 pm
Videos show Belarus president armed with rifle as massive protests roil capital
Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko seen wearing body armor, as 150,000 rally in Minsk against his election, widely seen as fraudulent
By
YURAS KARMANAU
August 13, 2020, 9:00 am
2nd Belarus protester dies, 6,000 arrested after disputed election
State television airs footage of detained young demonstrators with bloodied and bruised faces being asked if they wanted a ‘revolution’
By
Tatiana Kalinovskaya
June 23, 2019, 11:11 pm
Rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram snags two golds at European Games
Olympic medal hopeful also wins two silver medals in Minsk competition
By
ToI Staff
April 25, 2019, 9:20 pm
Food-centric memoir explores emotional hunger of a Soviet Jewish emigré family
Author Boris Fishman shares real and metaphoric recipes for healing multigenerational trauma and strained relationships as he recalls his family’s journey from Belarus to the US
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
February 22, 2019, 12:43 pm
Remains of hundreds of slain victims discovered at former Belarus Jewish ghetto
Bodies of men, women and children found with gunshot wounds to their skulls; Nazis killed 800,000 Jews in the country during WWII
By
Cnaan Liphshiz
November 3, 2017, 10:22 pm
Marc Chagall’s Belarus hometown celebrates first synagogue opening in a century
Before the Holocaust, there were 64 synagogues in Vitebsk, with more than half the city’s population Jewish
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JTA
August 26, 2017, 3:28 am
Belarus court authorizes building apartments atop Jewish cemeteries
Judge approves construction in eastern city of Gomel, saying authorities lack jurisdiction to take any action
By
Cnaan Liphshiz
February 18, 2017, 4:37 am
‘Refugee’ violinist blends Russian-Jewish roots with modern tones
Yevgeny Kutik’s family fled the USSR’s institutionalized anti-Semitism with a suitcase of sheet music when he was 5. Now he tours the free world with a century-old violin
By
Matt Lebovic
August 12, 2016, 3:59 am
Tough talk between Russia, Ukraine heats up Crimea stalemate
Kiev puts military on alert after Moscow charges it sent ‘saboteurs’ to carry out attacks in contested peninsula
By
NATALIYA VASILYEVA
August 1, 2016, 9:36 pm
Himmler’s diary discovered in archive in Russia
Nazi SS leader recorded ‘effectiveness’ of the diesel engines used to gas prisoners at the Sobibor death camp
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JTA
May 15, 2016, 1:47 am
Belarus capital receives first Limmud Jewish learning event
The fledgling Jewish community in ‘Europe’s last dictatorship’ is making a comeback, say organizers
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JTA
October 12, 2015, 4:05 pm
Observers question landslide Belarus election win
Critics say there were ‘problems’ in fifth consecutive victory for ‘Europe’s last dictator,’ Alexander Lukashenko
By
Anna MALPAS
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Tatiana Kalinovskaya
June 22, 2015, 12:46 pm
EU extends sanctions against Russia by 6 months
European embargo hits oil and banking sectors to force Moscow to withdraw support for Ukraine rebels
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June 8, 2015, 9:56 am
Focus at G7 turns to global jihadist threat
Iraqi PM scheduled to discuss US-led campaign against Islamic State; Russia’s Putin excluded from gathering over Moscow’s polices on Ukraine
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AFP
February 12, 2015, 5:29 pm
Ukraine Jews cautiously optimistic on Russian ceasefire
Chief rabbi ‘hopes for best’ following peace talks, but claims only border shutdown will pressure sides to achieve ‘lasting peace’
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