Questions and Answers about
Belarus
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in PoliticsHow close did the rogue Wagner troops get to Moscow before their boss Prigozhin had a change of heart?
Answer: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner private military company, led an armed rebellion against the Russian military on June 24, 2023. He claimed that his forces came within 125 miles (200 kilometers) of Moscow before he agreed to halt his advance and return to his bases. He made this decision after talks with…
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in PoliticsWho described himself as “the last dictator in Europe”?
Answer: Alexander Lukashenko heads the authoritarian government of Belarus and has referred to himself as “the last dictator in Europe.” More answers inside!
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Which country still has KGB in 2021?
Answer: Under Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’s principal security agency kept its symbolic acronym of KGB. More answers inside!
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in SportsWhich country had one of its athletes defect during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
After Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said on Instagram that she was put in the 4×400 relay, even though she has never raced in the event, her team officials hustled her to the airport to put her on a plane back to Belarus. After managing to escape, Tsimanouskaya has received a humanitarian visa from Poland.…
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in PlacesWhy is Belarus called White Russia?
The most common theory suggests that the name “White Russia” describes the part of Lithuania that had been populated chiefly by Slavs, as opposed to “Black Russia,” which was predominantly inhabited by pagan Balts. Another theory suggests that the old Russian lands that were not conquered by the darker Northern and Central Asian Tatars had…
