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United Transitional Cabinet Of Belarus
The United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus () is a government in exile for Belarus that was formed in August 2022. Creation Following the disputed 2020 Belarusian presidential election, opposition forces, led by presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya formed a Coordination Council (Belarus), Coordination Council to facilitate a transition to democracy in the country. Tsikhanouskaya and several other members of the council were forced to leave Belarus or were placed under arrest during 2020–2021 Belarusian protests, protests that broke out following the election. The United Transitional Cabinet was formed on 9 August 2022 during a two-day conference in Vilnius after members of the Belarusian opposition requested Tsikhanouskaya to form "a united interim government". Aims and guidelines The stated aims of the United Transitional Cabinet are as follows: *"Defend the independence and sovereignty of the Republic of Belarus, represent the national interests of Belarus." *" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Belarus (1918, 1991–1995)
The national flag of Belarus is a red-and-green flag with a white-and-red Ornament (art), ornament pattern placed at the Glossary of vexillology#Flag elements, hoist (staff) end. The current design was introduced in 2012 by the State Committee for Standardisation of the Republic of Belarus, and is adapted from a design approved in a 1995 Belarusian referendum, May 1995 referendum. It is a modification of the flag of the Byelorussian SSR, 1951 flag used while Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, the country was a republic of the Soviet Union. Changes made to the Soviet-era flag were the removal of communism, communist symbols – the hammer and sickle and the red star – as well as the reversal of the colours in the ornament pattern. Since the 1995 referendum, several flags used by Belarusian government officials and agencies have been modelled on this national flag. Historically, the white-red-white flag was used by the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918 before Belarus be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been described as a ''sui generis'' political entity (without precedent or comparison) combining the characteristics of both a federation and a confederation. Containing 5.8per cent of the world population in 2020, the EU generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around trillion in 2021, constituting approximately 18per cent of global nominal GDP. Additionally, all EU states but Bulgaria have a very high Human Development Index according to the United Nations Development Programme. Its cornerstone, the Customs Union, paved the way to establishing an internal single market based on standardised legal framework and legislation that applies in all member states in those matters, and only those matters, where the states have agree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladzimir Astapenka
Vladzimir Arkadyevich Astapenka ( be, Уладзімір Аркадзьевіч Астапенка, translit=Uladzimir Arkadzevich Astapenka) is a Belarusian diplomat who was ambassador to Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Peru in the 2010s. Astapenka resigned in September 2020 in alignment with the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests that followed the 2020 Belarusian presidential election He was nominated to several positions in the Belarusian opposition, including Deputy Representative for Foreign Affairs of the Belarusian United Transitional Cabinet. and head of the Mission for Democratic Belarus in Brussels in October 2022. Birth and education Vladzimir Astapenka was born on . He studied Moscow State Institute of International Relations from 1980 to 1985. In 2000, he obtained his Candidate of Sciences degree (equivalent to a PhD) in international law for his thesis on "Evolution of the European Union in the light of the provisions of the Amsterdam Treaty of 1999". Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zerkalo
Zerkalo, which means "mirror" in Russian, may refer to: * ''Mirror'' (1975 film), called ''Zerkalo'' in Russian, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky * Zerkalo (film festival), a film festival named after Tarkovsky's film * Zerkalo.io, or Zerkalo, the superseding news and media service succeeding Tut.By in Belarus in 2022 See also * ''Dzerkalo Tyzhnia ''Dzerkalo Tyzhnia'' ( ua, Дзеркало тижня), usually referred to in English as the ''Mirror Weekly'', was one of Ukraine's most influential analytical weekly-publisher newspapers, founded in 1994.Zerkalo dushi'', an album by Russian singer Alla Pugacheva {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valery Kavaleuski
Valery Kavaleuski is a Belarusian former diplomat. On 9 August 2022, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya appointed him as the Deputy Head and Representative for Foreign Affairs to the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus that is opposed to the ''de facto'' government of Alexander Lukashenko. Before that Kavaleuski was Representative on international affairs and then the Head of the Cabinet of Representatives in Tsikhanouskaya's team. Childhood and education Valery Kavaleuski was born in the village of Bieražnoje in the Palesse area in southern Belarus in 1976 and graduated from the Berazhnoe Secondary School in 1993. Kavaleuski obtained a specialist (equivalent of bachelor's) degree in international relations in the Belarusian State University in 1998, an Executive MBA at Kozminski University in 2008, and a Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) degree from the Walsh School of Foreign Service in Georgetown University in 2014. Diplomatic service and life in Washington Kavaleuski w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Latushko
Pavel Pavlovich Latushko (, ; born 10 February 1973) is a Belarusian politician and diplomat. He was the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Belarus from 2009 to 2012. In March 2023, a Belarusian court sentenced him in absentia to 18 years' imprisonment. Biography Education Latushko graduated from the law faculty of the Belarusian State University in 1995, and Minsk State Linguistic University in 1996. Career From 1995 to 1996, he was the attaché of the contractual and legal department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. He then served from 1996 to 2000 as the Vice Consul, Consul of the Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Bialystok (Poland). Following that, he was the head of the information department and press secretary of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry from 2000 to 2002. From 6 December 2002 to 31 October 2008, he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Poland. He then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Светлана Тихановская (51704160178)
Sviatlana Heorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya (' Pilipchuk;, , ; russian: Светлана Георгиевна Тихановская, , Svetlana Georgiyevna Tikhanovskaya, , , born 11 September 1982) is a Belarusian educator and the leader of the Belarusian democratic movement. She ran in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election as the main opposition candidate after her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky was arrested in Hrodna by Belarusian authorities. After Lukashenko declared himself the winner she fled via Lithuania and since August 2020 she has worked with a staff of 16 people in exile in Poland. She has been nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize for playing a leading role in non-violently challenging Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko and calling for fair elections. Early life, education and personal life She was born on September 11, 1982 in the village of Mikashevichy, Brest Region to Georgy Ivanovich and Valentina Nikolaevna Pilipchuk. Her father worked as a driver and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya And United Transitional Cabinet Representatives
Sviatlana (Belarusian: Святлана) is a Belarusian female given name and may refer to: *Sviatlana Khakhlova (born 1984), a Belarusian swimmer *Sviatlana Kouhan (born 1980), a Belarusian long-distance runner *Sviatlana Kudzelich (born 1987), a Belarusian long-distance runner *Sviatlana Makshtarova (born 1994), a Belarusian-Azerbaijani individual and synchronised trampolinist *Sviatlana Pirazhenka (born 1992), a Belarusian tennis player *Sviatlana Sakhanenka (born 1989), a Belarusian Paralympic biathlete *Sviatlana Siarova (born 1986), a Belarusian discus thrower *Sviatlana Sudak Torun (born 1971), a Turkish hammer thrower of Belarusian origin *Sviatlana Volnaya (born 1979), a Belarusian basketball player *Sviatlana Vusovich (born 1980), a Belarusian sprinter *Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (born 1982), a Belarusian presidential candidate See also *Svitlana (Ukrainian: Світлана), a Ukrainian female given name *Svetlana Svetlana () is a common Orthodox Slavic feminine g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States government funded organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says that "the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed". RFE/RL is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation supervised by the U.S. Agency for Global Media, an independent government agency overseeing all U.S. federal government international broadcasting services. Daisy Sindelar is the vice president and editor-in-chief of RFE. RFE/RL broadcasts in 27 languages to 23 countries. The organization has been headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, since 1995, and has 21 local bureaus with over 500 core staff and 1,300 stringers and freelancers in countries throughout their broadcast region. In addition, it has 700 employees at its headquarters and corporate office in Washington, D.C. Radio Free E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegram (software)
Telegram Messenger is a globally accessible freemium, cross-platform, encrypted, cloud-based and centralized instant messaging (IM) service. The application also provides optional end-to-end encrypted chats, popularly known as secret chat and video calling, VoIP, file sharing and several other features. It was launched for iOS on 14 August 2013 and Android on 20 October 2013. The servers of Telegram are distributed worldwide with five data centers in different parts of the world, while the operational center is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Various client apps are available for desktop and mobile platforms including official apps for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux (although registration requires an iOS or Android device and a working phone number). There are also two official Telegram web twin apps, WebK and WebZ, and numerous unofficial clients that make use of Telegram's protocol. Telegram's official components are open source, with the exception of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Current Time TV
Current Time TV () is a Russian-language television channel with editorial office in Prague, created by the US organisations Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America. The channel – via RFE/RL – is funded through grants from the US Congress through the US Agency for Global Media. Representatives of the US government, including the head of the Governing Council on Broadcasting, are prohibited from interfering in the work of the channel's journalists. The media sees its task in "promoting democratic values and institutions". RFE/RL launched Current Time, in October 2014. The official round-the-clock broadcasting began on February 7, 2017. Current Time was instituted as an alternative to Kremlin-controlled media and Russian propaganda. Despite the fact that Current Time was intended to counterbalance Russian official news coverage, Kenan Aliyev, executive editor of Current Time, told Reuters that C.T. was not counterpropaganda at all. Current Time is avail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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