Belarus protests

Abbas Gallyamov

Inserted 3 years ago

“You can’t just wave off the events in Belarus. [Lukashenka] is acting in the same way Putin acts in similar situations. And if in Belarus an uprising turned out to be possible, then you can’t count out a Russian uprising in 2024.”

Rferl

Political analyst and former Kremlin speechwriter

29 Dec 2020 2 2

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Inserted 3 years ago

“Roman Bondarenko was killed by accomplices of the regime. He was an innocent victim of an inhumane system that considers people’s lives to be the cost of power. We all understand that any peaceful person could have ended up in his place.”

Theguardian

Human rights activist and politician who ran for the 2020 Belarusian presidential election as the main opposition candidate

15 Nov 2020 1 3

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Inserted 3 years ago

“If we help plants to strike, they will help us finish what we started. The regime is afraid of this force and responds to it. During one of the calls with strike leaders, they told me an important thing: 'Solidarity is our best insurance from defeat'.”

Apnews

Belarus leader Lukashenko’s leading election challenger and the wife of an opposition blogger

27 Oct 2020 1 2

Donald Tusk

Inserted 3 years ago

“I still remember when I was a young rebel during the communist time in Poland. I still remember, you know, people on the streets, the riot police beating the people, etc. But at the same time, I remember how efficient the nonviolent movement can be. And this is the phenomenon also of Belarus. Almost all the leaders I've met in the last few months are aware of the fact that Lukashenka will lose this battle. If not this battle, then for sure, this war against his nation and the Belarus civil society.”

Rferl

Head of the European center-right European People's Party (EPP)

23 Oct 2020 2 3

Radek Sikorski

Inserted 3 years ago

“Belarus is seen by the Russians as even more vital territorially and geostrategically than Ukraine. Any kind of solution [to the standoff] will have to respect, and should actually respect, Russia's red line.”

Rferl

Former Polish foreign minister and current European Parliament member

23 Oct 2020 3 3

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Inserted 3 years ago

“Yesterday we have seen the escalation of violence on the part of the authorities. Once again, hundreds of people are detained, beaten up, injured and crippled. Despite the peaceful nature of the protests, repressions are intensifying. I call on our European partners to act quickly and decisively.”

Apnews

Belarus leader Lukashenko’s leading election challenger and the wife of an opposition blogger

12 Oct 2020 1 2

Colin Robertson

Inserted 3 years ago

“In the case of Belarus, we have gone after the kingpins and we hit them where it hurts — their pocketbooks and ability to travel. It would have been better if it were a G7 rather than just Canada and the U.K., but I guess it's a reflection of EU solidarity.”

Cbc

Former Canadian diplomat

30 Sep 2020 5 2

Emmanuel Macron

Inserted 3 years ago

“We are witnessing a power crisis in Belarus with an authoritarian administration that is not able to accept the logic of democracy. It is clear that Lukashenko must go.”

Reuters

President of France

26 Sep 2020 2 3

Josep Borrell

Inserted 3 years ago

“This 'inauguration' directly contradicts the will of large parts of the Belarusian population, as expressed in numerous, unprecedented, and peaceful protests since the elections, and serves to only further deepen the political crisis in Belarus.”

Rferl

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

24 Sep 2020 1 3

Josep Borrell

Inserted 3 years ago

“Although there is a clear will to adopt the sanctions, the required unanimity was not reached. If we are not able to (approve Belarus sanctions), then our credibility is at stake.”

Reuters

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

21 Sep 2020 2 3

Paval Latushka

Inserted 3 years ago

“It is a very important and necessary signal to Belarusian society. The time for the declaration has already passed. Actions are needed. The European Union taught us! Taught us democracy! Now it is time to help.”

Rferl

Belarus opposition activist

10 Sep 2020 2 2

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Inserted 3 years ago

“The protests must remain peaceful. I think it is impossible to fight violence and give violence”

Rferl

Belarus leader Lukashenko’s leading election challenger and the wife of an opposition blogger

09 Sep 2020 0 1

Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 3 years ago

“Together with two fellow travelers last night she tried to leave for Ukraine. At the border crossing, they presented documents to Belarusian border guards, after which they were allowed into the territory between the Republic of Belarus and Ukraine. Here, during a second check, Kolesnikova was thrown out of the car, and her fellow travelers in the car broke into the territory of Ukraine.”

Politico

President of Belarus

08 Sep 2020 3 2

Anton Gerashchenko

Inserted 3 years ago

“Kolesnikova could not be expelled from Belarus, because this brave woman took action to prevent her movement across the border. She remained on the territory of Belarus.”

Politico

Ukrainian deputy interior minister

08 Sep 2020 2 2

Daragh McDowell

Inserted 3 years ago

“The IT sector has been repeatedly undermined with the internet shutdowns to disrupt the protesters. We've also seen a lot of strikes in the state-owned sector as well. So the Belarussian economy is really on the brink. The people have lost their fear of Lukashenko, he's lost a lot of his authority. No matter how many riot police he's deployed to the streets, it just hasn't stopped people from continuing to come out.”

Aljazeera

Principal analyst at the global consulting firm Verisk Maplecroft

07 Sep 2020 3 4

Volha Kovalkova

Inserted 3 years ago

“Representatives of the militia and the Interior Ministry of Belarus came to me and said that if I did not agree to leave, I would face long arrests.”

Rferl

Tsikhanouskaya's (opposition candidate) main representative in Belarus

05 Sep 2020 1 2

Daisy Sindelar

Inserted 3 years ago

“Stripping our journalists of accreditation on grounds of 'extremism' is a desperate and ominous move by an authoritarian government to stifle the independent media and ruthlessly control the availability of credible information inside Belarus. It's a violation of international standards and an assault on the Belarusian people who rely on us.”

Rferl

Acting RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) President

29 Aug 2020 3 2

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 3 years ago

“We have agreed not to use it [Russian law enforcement contingent] until the situation starts spinning out of control and extremist elements acting under the cover of political slogans cross certain borders and engage in banditry and start burning cars, houses and banks or take over administrative buildings.”

Apnews

President of Russia

27 Aug 2020 1 3

Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 3 years ago

“This is my problem, which I should resolve, and we are resolving it. And believe me, in the coming days it will be resolved.”

Reuters

President of Belarus

21 Aug 2020 0 2

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Inserted 3 years ago

“New fair, free and transparent elections must be held. The people of Belarus have woken up, and they do not want to live in fear and lies anymore.”

Apnews

Belarus leader Lukashenko’s leading election challenger and the wife of an opposition blogger

21 Aug 2020 0 3

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“You can’t just wave off the events in Belarus. [Lukashenka] is acting in the same way Putin acts in similar situations. And if in Belarus an uprising turned out to be possible, then you can’t count out a Russian uprising in 2024.”

“Roman Bondarenko was killed by accomplices of the regime. He was an innocent victim of an inhumane system that considers people’s lives to be the cost of power. We all understand that any peaceful person could have ended up in his place.”

“If we help plants to strike, they will help us finish what we started. The regime is afraid of this force and responds to it. During one of the calls with strike leaders, they told me an important thing: 'Solidarity is our best insurance from defeat'.”

“Belarus is seen by the Russians as even more vital territorially and geostrategically than Ukraine. Any kind of solution [to the standoff] will have to respect, and should actually respect, Russia's red line.”

“In the case of Belarus, we have gone after the kingpins and we hit them where it hurts — their pocketbooks and ability to travel. It would have been better if it were a G7 rather than just Canada and the U.K., but I guess it's a reflection of EU solidarity.”

“We are witnessing a power crisis in Belarus with an authoritarian administration that is not able to accept the logic of democracy. It is clear that Lukashenko must go.”

“This 'inauguration' directly contradicts the will of large parts of the Belarusian population, as expressed in numerous, unprecedented, and peaceful protests since the elections, and serves to only further deepen the political crisis in Belarus.”

“Although there is a clear will to adopt the sanctions, the required unanimity was not reached. If we are not able to (approve Belarus sanctions), then our credibility is at stake.”

“It is a very important and necessary signal to Belarusian society. The time for the declaration has already passed. Actions are needed. The European Union taught us! Taught us democracy! Now it is time to help.”

“The protests must remain peaceful. I think it is impossible to fight violence and give violence”

“Kolesnikova could not be expelled from Belarus, because this brave woman took action to prevent her movement across the border. She remained on the territory of Belarus.”

“Representatives of the militia and the Interior Ministry of Belarus came to me and said that if I did not agree to leave, I would face long arrests.”

“This is my problem, which I should resolve, and we are resolving it. And believe me, in the coming days it will be resolved.”

“New fair, free and transparent elections must be held. The people of Belarus have woken up, and they do not want to live in fear and lies anymore.”

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