Shushkevich: First Post-Soviet Belarus Leader, Long-Time Lukashenko Critic Dead at 87
Stanislav Shushkevich, who steered Belarus to independence during the breakup of the Soviet Union, has died. He was 87.

Stanislav Shushkevich, who steered Belarus to independence during the breakup of the Soviet Union, has died. He was 87.
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko accused Britain of staging a “psychological operation” in Bucha to fake the alleged attrocities.
The Polish Border Guard saw a surge in illegal immigrants coming via Belarus this week, with 134 attempting to cross into the EU and NATO member on Tuesday — a daily record number for the year so far.
Evan Neumann, who is wanted on a number of charges in relation to the January 6th 2021 protests in the United States, has been granted asylum in Belarus after alleging “political persecution” by the Biden adminstration.
Vladimir Putin wants to re-create the “empire of fear” of the Soviet Union, a Lithuanian MP told Breitbart News.
Ukraine has agreed to meet a Russian delegation on the Ukraine-Belarusian border, despite initially refusing the country as a location for talks over its involvement in the invasion.
Poland’s national conservative prime minister has warned that the country’s left-liberal opposition will leave the country’s border “like Swiss cheese” if its left-liberal opposition parties return to power in the 2023 elections.
Polish authorities say they have blocked around 600 migrants from crossing into their country illegally from Belarus so far this year.
The Lithuanian government has paid 98 illegal migrants €1,000 to board a flight to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
Belarus authorities proposed on Monday amendments to the country’s constitution that may allow Alexander Lukashenko to rule unitl 2035.
The Polish government has publicly condemned a soldier tasked with guardian the border who has defected to Belarus and claimed migrants are being killed and buried in mass graves.
The Polish government says migrants are attacking their border patrol with “full aggression” on the Belarusian frontier, arming themselves with a variety of makeshift weapons.
The British government has promised to help Ukraine fortify its Belarusian frontier amid worries Alexander Lukashenko could redirect illegal migrants from Poland and the Baltic States to the Ukrainian border.
The Polish government has released more footage of illegal migrants trying to cross the frontier from Belarus, hurling objects and insults at border guards.
The Biden administration is imposing sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko’s regime in Belarus for allowing illegal migrants to flood its borders and into the European Union even as America’s porous southern border leaks upwards of a million illegal migrants into U.S. territory.
The EU will grant detention and deportation powers to Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia to fend off the migrant crisis with Belarus.
Alexander Lukashenko accused Lithuania of tossing the bodies of dead migrants across the border between the two countries.
Alexander Lukashenko is using migrants as “siege” weapons against Europe to “save his skin”, a Lithuanian MP has told Breitbart News.
Belarussian dictator Alexander Lukashenko told migrants gathered at the Polish border they have a “right” to enter the European Union.
The EU is set to blacklist firms involved with transporting migrants to Belarus for the purpose of destabilising the bloc.
A Polish Government Official has slammed reports by both CNN and the BBC on the ongoing Belarus Border Crisis.
The Australian network SBS found a Cuban refugee among the throngs of thousands of migrants on the border between Belarus and Poland. In an interview published on Monday, Juan Carlos told SBS he was one of seven Cubans attempting to escape communism into Europe after making it to Europe’s last dictatorship.
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called on Western allies for solidarity to “defend Europe” against the mass migration “hybrid warfare” being waged by Belarus — declared the “greatest attempt to destabilise Europe” since the Cold War — defiantly declaring that “Poland will not yield to blackmail and will do everything to stop the evil threatening Europe”.
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has told the BBC that it is “absolutely possible” that his forces are helping Middle Eastern migrants break through the eastern borders of the EU and NATO, and that he will not be looking into it.
Estonia is sending soldiers to help Poland secure its border against an onslaught of Middle Eastern migrants attempting to break into the European Union via Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus.
The British government is sending some 150 military personnel to guard against not the illegal migrant influx to Britain, but to the European Union member-state of Poland.
The Polish government has released footage purporting to show child migrants being “prepped” to look sympathetic for the media.
The French government has come out in opposition to EU funding for the construction of a wall on the border between Poland and Belarus.
Ukraine has moved to reinforce its border with Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus, in case it becomes the next victim of the “artificially created migrant crisis” afflicting Poland and Lithuania.
Clashes between predominantly Iraqi and Afghan migrants bussed to the European Union’s frontier by Belarus and Polish forces may be repeated as numbers swell at crossing points once again.
EU foreign ministers are expected Monday to decide to expand sanctions against Belarus to include airlines, travel agents and individuals.
Boris Johnson’s government has sent soldiers to fortify the Polish border and chastised Vladimir Putin for his alleged role in the Belarus migrant crisis, even as France lets boat migrants flood Britain.
Polish forces are warning Middle Eastern migrants massed on the Belarusian frontier that they may be met with force if they fail to follow their instructions.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Polish authorities reported Sunday that a group of migrants who tried to cross the border from Belarus attacked Polish police officers with stones, hitting one in the helmet.
Belarusian state-owned airline Belavia has announced it will no longer accept Iraqi, Syrian, or Yemeni nationals aboard flights to Belarus after the European Union threatened the airline with sanctions.
The Iraqi Embassy in Minsk announced on Thursday it will organize an evacuation flight for Iraqi citizens “wishing to return” home from Belarus amid a migration crisis.
Poland has released footage of Belarusian forces targeting border guards with lasers and strobe lights, and accused them of trying to destroy anti-migrant fencing and arming migrants with tear gas.
Poland’s national conservative government has fact-checked CNN on the migrant crisis engineered on the European Union’s eastern border by Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus.
President Alexander Lukashenko has threatened to cut off gas to Europe in response to possible additional sanctions against Belarus over the ongoing migrant crisis along the border with the EU.
Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to influence the Belarusian government to stop the migrant crisis unfolding along the Polish border.