Russian and Belarusian skiers and snowboarders will not be allowed to compete in next year's Winter Olympics, after the sport's governing body voted not to allow them into qualification events. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/22/winter-olympics-russia-skiing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #russia #belarus #2026milanocortinaolympics
Ukraine reacted with outrage on Saturday after the International Paralympic Committee lifted a partial suspension of Russia and Belarus imposed since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2025/09/28/paralympic-russia-belarus-suspensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #paralympics #russia #belarus #russiaukrainewar #ukraine #internationalparalympiccommittee #2026milanocortinaparalympics
Anarchist Black Cross Dresden: **Against Fatherland – 5 years of uprising in Belarus – exhibition & events**
https://abcdd.org/en/2025/09/22/against-fatherland-5-years-of-uprising-in-belarus-exhibition-events/
Against Fatherland 5 years of uprising in Belarus – exhibition, guided tours & events 07. until 16. October 2025daily 3-6 […]
#Events #News #Belarus #Exhibition #Repressions #Solidarity
Jonathan Schofield
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On this day 17 September 1939 the #USSR joined #Nazi Third Reich in its attack on #Poland, marking the start of World War 2.[^1]
Many isolated locations in Poland continued defense well until end of September, like Warsaw,[^2] but on 22 September the Nazis and Soviets met in Brest (today’s #Belarus) and concluded the occupation with a friendly handshake.
The Third Reich and Soviet Union remained close allies for the next two years, with the Soviets providing critical logistics back end to the Nazi Germany, supplying it with millions of tons of fuel, steel and other resources[^3] in bypass of international economic sanctions, while Germany continued the conquer of #France and the rest of Europe.
In June 1941 Germany wholeheartedly paid back its ally by sending all the bombs manufactured with Soviet steel back on the Soviet towns during “Operation Barbarossa”, but that’s another story 😏
[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
[^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Warsaw_%281939%29
[^3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Commercial_Agreement_(1940)
On this day 17 September 1939 the #USSR joined #Nazi Third Reich in its attack on #Poland, marking the start of World War 2.[^1]
Many isolated locations in Poland continued defense well until end of September, like Warsaw,[^2] but on 22 September the Nazis and Soviets met in Brest (today’s #Belarus) and concluded the occupation with a friendly handshake.
The Third Reich and Soviet Union remained close allies for the next two years, with the Soviets providing critical logistics back end to the Nazi Germany, supplying it with millions of tons of fuel, steel and other resources[^3] in bypass of international economic sanctions, while Germany continued the conquer of #France and the rest of Europe.
In June 1941 Germany wholeheartedly paid back its ally by sending all the bombs manufactured with Soviet steel back on the Soviet towns during “Operation Barbarossa”, but that’s another story 😏
[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
[^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Warsaw_%281939%29
[^3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Commercial_Agreement_(1940)
Russia and Belarus are rehearsing the launch of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as part of joint war games, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/world/moscow-nuclear-weapons-belarus-lukashenko/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #belarus #alexanderlukashenko #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin
joene 🏴🍉
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A story of a #trans #activist's escape from #Crimea
#LiliyaKhvylka was under house arrest with an ankle bracelet. From Crimea she navigated her way through #Russia and #Belarus
The entire #LGBT community is an "extremist organization" in Russia and in the occupied areas you can be disappeared
She participated in the 2014 #Ukraine#Euromaidan protests
She is being tried in abstentia and faces 15 years in Russian prison
A story of a #trans #activist's escape from #Crimea
#LiliyaKhvylka was under house arrest with an ankle bracelet. From Crimea she navigated her way through #Russia and #Belarus
The entire #LGBT community is an "extremist organization" in Russia and in the occupied areas you can be disappeared
She participated in the 2014 #Ukraine#Euromaidan protests
She is being tried in abstentia and faces 15 years in Russian prison
Alex Akselrod
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#Russia Foreign Ministry demanded #Poland reopen its border with #Belarus after Warsaw announced a full closure starting 12 September during Russia-Belarus Zapad-2025 drills.
Maria Zakharova accused Poland of “escalation” (!), claimed the move would hurt international business and will have “humanitarian impact”. She said that a day after Russian drones attacked Poland, and a day before Russia starts military exercise in occupying Poland.
In Poland there’s an old joke: what is the height of impertinence? Shitting on someone’s doormat, ringing their doorbell and asking for paper.
#Russia Foreign Ministry demanded #Poland reopen its border with #Belarus after Warsaw announced a full closure starting 12 September during Russia-Belarus Zapad-2025 drills.
Maria Zakharova accused Poland of “escalation” (!), claimed the move would hurt international business and will have “humanitarian impact”. She said that a day after Russian drones attacked Poland, and a day before Russia starts military exercise in occupying Poland.
In Poland there’s an old joke: what is the height of impertinence? Shitting on someone’s doormat, ringing their doorbell and asking for paper.
Bjørnar (he/him)
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Das merkwürdige Interesse der AfD an Belarus
Seit Jahren pflegen AfD-Politiker Kontakte nach Belarus. Im Bundestag stellten sie zuletzt auffällig viele parlamentarische Anfragen zu dem Land. Experten und Dissidenten fürchten, dass diese Anfragen dem belarusischen Regime helfen könnten, Kritiker zu verfolgen.
Das merkwürdige Interesse der AfD an Belarus
Seit Jahren pflegen AfD-Politiker Kontakte nach Belarus. Im Bundestag stellten sie zuletzt auffällig viele parlamentarische Anfragen zu dem Land. Experten und Dissidenten fürchten, dass diese Anfragen dem belarusischen Regime helfen könnten, Kritiker zu verfolgen.
Neville Park
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#peru #georgia #belarus#BosniaAndHerzegovina#CostaRica#Ecuador#Morocco#TheBahamas#Cyprus#DominicanRepublic#Iran#Malta#LGBT#LGBTQ#LGBTQIA #gender #survey #pride
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They're all close to having 10 participants in our survey, which is a big deal because country names are redacted if the count is below 10, for participant privacy and safety.
If your gender is in a blender, please take our 5-minute survey!
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Russia is currently acting near the Polish/Lithuanian border exactly as it did in 2021, before attacking Ukraine in 2022.
But this time it’s bringing the nukes, too.
If Europe flinches now, I predict there will be a conflict between NATO and Russia in the coming years.
This coming on the eve of ”peace talks” on Ukraine in Alaska should be an eye-opener to everyone.
Russian ”peace” is your capitulation & when you show weakness, Russia escalates!
#suwalkicorridor #belarus #nato #zapad2025
Alex Akselrod
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PersonalEscrito
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“Five years later, we still remember those taken from us by the violence of the Belarusian and Russian regimes. We remember those who gave their lives to stop the war machine that tries to roll through the villages and towns of Ukraine, hoping to bring back the Empire back. The Empire that we learned to hate with the milk of our mothers”
until all are free!
#Belarus#OTD
https://pramen.io/en/2025/08/remembering-the-uprising-of-the-belarusian-people/
“Five years later, we still remember those taken from us by the violence of the Belarusian and Russian regimes. We remember those who gave their lives to stop the war machine that tries to roll through the villages and towns of Ukraine, hoping to bring back the Empire back. The Empire that we learned to hate with the milk of our mothers”
until all are free!
#Belarus#OTD
https://pramen.io/en/2025/08/remembering-the-uprising-of-the-belarusian-people/
Belarus expands cooperation with Cuba in food supplies, technology.