Em :official_verified:
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Belarus state media is portraying Ham radio as a “spy network.” The reporting says 50+ held liable, 7 arrested, with charges that can mean life or death—and “evidence” includes logs + QSL cards 📡🚨404 story + reddit thread + sources...
https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/1qi1ic2/comment/o0phb13/
https://www.404media.co/ham-radio-operators-in-belarus-arrested-face-the-death-penalty/
https://nashaniva.com/385810
A bit of Ham history... Ham radio was banned in the USA during WW2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3qV13hnSaM
Belarus state media is portraying Ham radio as a “spy network.” The reporting says 50+ held liable, 7 arrested, with charges that can mean life or death—and “evidence” includes logs + QSL cards 📡🚨404 story + reddit thread + sources...
https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/1qi1ic2/comment/o0phb13/
https://www.404media.co/ham-radio-operators-in-belarus-arrested-face-the-death-penalty/
https://nashaniva.com/385810
A bit of Ham history... Ham radio was banned in the USA during WW2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3qV13hnSaM
Robert Bell
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"NEWSMAYDAY from Belarus: Licensed operators facing death penalty for QSL cards
Hi folks, this is Siarhei (EU1AEY). I am writing this because my local community is being systematically liquidated in what I can only describe as a targeted intellectual genocide.
In early 2026, the Belarusian authorities launched the 'Radio Amateurs Case.' This name deliberately echoes the infamous 'Doctors' Plot' of the Stalin era. Back then, the country’s best specialists were designated as enemies of the state and subsequently executed. Today, it's happening to us."
"NEWSMAYDAY from Belarus: Licensed operators facing death penalty for QSL cards
Hi folks, this is Siarhei (EU1AEY). I am writing this because my local community is being systematically liquidated in what I can only describe as a targeted intellectual genocide.
In early 2026, the Belarusian authorities launched the 'Radio Amateurs Case.' This name deliberately echoes the infamous 'Doctors' Plot' of the Stalin era. Back then, the country’s best specialists were designated as enemies of the state and subsequently executed. Today, it's happening to us."
Seth of the Fediverse
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Google opens Belarus gambling ads with dual-authority licensing: Google accepts online gambling ads in Belarus starting January 22, 2026, requiring operators to secure authorization from Ministry of Taxes and presidential offices. https://ppc.land/google-opens-belarus-gambling-ads-with-dual-authority-licensing/ #Gambling #GoogleAds #Belarus #OnlineGambling #DigitalMarketing
Google opens Belarus gambling ads with dual-authority licensing: Google accepts online gambling ads in Belarus starting January 22, 2026, requiring operators to secure authorization from Ministry of Taxes and presidential offices. https://ppc.land/google-opens-belarus-gambling-ads-with-dual-authority-licensing/ #Gambling #GoogleAds #Belarus #OnlineGambling #DigitalMarketing
Quixoticgeek
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Diplomatic cables from the United Kingdom diplomat from 2004 about #Poland “being paranoid about Russian intentions” to reabsorb #Belarus and #Ukraine sound a bit different today than they sounded back then, don’t they? 😉
More can be found here: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=Poland&_col=200&_hb=tna&_ro=183&_rd=&_rsd=&_red=&Refine+record+opening+date=Refine
Diplomatic cables from the United Kingdom diplomat from 2004 about #Poland “being paranoid about Russian intentions” to reabsorb #Belarus and #Ukraine sound a bit different today than they sounded back then, don’t they? 😉
More can be found here: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=Poland&_col=200&_hb=tna&_ro=183&_rd=&_rsd=&_red=&Refine+record+opening+date=Refine
Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, two U.S. researchers have found by studying satellite imagery. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/world/russia-missiles-belarus-airbase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #belarus #missiles
Alex Akselrod
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Russia was using ordinary apartment blocks on the territory of its ally Belarus to attack Ukrainian targets and circumvent Kyiv's defences.
Alex Akselrod
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Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, a development that could bolster Russia’s ability to deliver missiles across Europe, two U.S. researchers have found by studying satellite imagery.
Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, a development that could bolster Russia’s ability to deliver missiles across Europe, two U.S. researchers have found by studying satellite imagery.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Russia was using ordinary apartment blocks on the territory of its ally Belarus to attack Ukrainian targets and circumvent Kyiv's defences.
bulll
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Over 120 political prisoners were traded for sanctions against major belarusian state companies Belaruskali. All of them once again got deported (this time most were brought to the border with #Ukraine). For now there is no full list of released... #Belarus #Lukashenko
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Gilles DePemig :TwinPines:
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio once again demonstrates he’s either got no clue about what’s going on or intentionally distorting the nature of the #Russia invasion on #Ukraine
They are literally fighting over a 30-50 km strip in Donetsk, roughly 20% of the region still under Ukrainian control and now a central issue in negotiations.
If it was the case - if Russia was after Donbas from the start, they would just push full force there in 2022, and they would win that with the initial invasion force (200k). But they didn’t - they attacked on all directions, including the capital Kyiv passing through #Belarus and #Chornobyl. The original objective was a flash military coup, replacing the Ukrainian government with puppet regime and political control over the whole country.
Russia never abandoned this goal, which it says explicitly all the time, with the insistence on the “removal of root causes”, which is an euphemism of the above - to say that bluntly, root case being Ukraine’s sovereignty.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's administration released 123 prisoners on Saturday, including former Japanese language teacher Masatoshi Nakanishi and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/14/japan/belarus-releases-prisoners/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #belarus #belarusjapanrelations
Over 120 political prisoners were traded for sanctions against major belarusian state companies Belaruskali. All of them once again got deported (this time most were brought to the border with #Ukraine). For now there is no full list of released... #Belarus #Lukashenko
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The International Olympic Committee on Thursday urged sports bodies to fully reintegrate Russian and Belarusian athletes into junior competitions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/12/ioc-russia-belarus-youth-competitions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #internationalolympiccommittee #russia #belarus
Nemoudeis
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Statement from Russian-speaking anarchists to Western anarchist initiatives: listen to the Ukrainian comrades!
This text is a collective statement of Russian-speaking anarchist collectives. It should have been published even earlier, but now it’s really the time for a consolidated statement about the war in Ukraine. We do not claim to represent the stance of each and every anarchist from Russia, but the need for a clear position, and contradictions associated with the war in Ukraine lead to the necessity to act as a united movement.
#Europe #Ukraine #Belarus #Russia #anarchy #AutonomousAction