Lukashenko maintaining tight grip on electoral process.
4th November 2010, It looks like President Lukashenko of Belarus has so far managed to keep the electoral process well under control in the run up to Presidential elections due on 19th December....
View ArticleBelarus: The Geopolitics of the “Black Revolution.”
23rd November 2010. More evidence is beginning to emerge of the Russian government’s all-but-openly-declared plotting to oust President Alexandr Lukashenko during, or shortly after the Belarussian...
View ArticleBelarus 2010: Most likely methods of manipulation and fraud.
1st December 2010, - It is always hard to predict exactly which techniques will be used to rig a particular election in advance, especially since these may vary according to the changing legal...
View ArticleBelarus 2010: Another view.
3rd December 2010, Democratist has been discussing the prospect of Lukashenko being overthrown by the Russians in the upcoming 19th December 2010 Presidential elections in detail with one of our many...
View ArticleBelarus 2010: Electoral coercion and fraud techniques.
12th November 2010, Electoral coercion means pressuring people to vote for your prefered candidate. Electoral fraud is the falsification of results. Both techniques have been used extensively in...
View ArticleBelarus 2010: An “internal matter.”
December 21st 2010. Democratist is disappointed and upset, but not especially surprised to learn of the results and fallout of yesterday’s presidential election in Belarus. Since the signing of a...
View ArticleThe Egyptian Revolution and the Precariousness of Modern Autocracy.
29th January 2011, Some of the less perceptive among Democratist’s readers might be forgiven for believing that the US has been caught off-guard by the revolt in Egypt, and that events there have been...
View ArticleBelarus 2010: How they cheated.
14th February 2010, The Belarusian domestic nonpartisan election monitoring NGO, Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections has just released their Final Report on the 19th December 2010 elections....
View ArticleAlexander Lukashenko – Free Speech Advocate.
8th May 2011, Democratist is currently traveling in the CIS and his limited internet access, and therefore limited scope to inform the world of our myriad brilliant insights. Nonetheless, one short...
View ArticleCSTO: What ya gonna do when they come for you?
August 16th 2011, According to yesterday’s Russia Profile, leaders of the post-soviet states that make up the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have recently been banging their heads...
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