Why aren't we talking about Belarus?

[Bin Ont Turf]

Is it because we see everyone east of the German border as absolute nutters, or is it because they are just the wrong colour?

[Tribesmen]

Like to give a a week or two before making any comments

[BenWickes]

Is it because we see everyone east of the German border as absolute nutters, or is it because they are just the wrong colour?

What's not to like about their leader? He suggested Vodka will keep Covid-19 at bay. He's not wrong. You'll be too pis*ed to care!

[Bin Ont Turf]

What's not to like about their leader? He suggested Vodka will keep Covid-19 at bay. He's not wrong. You'll be too pis*ed to care!

Aye It was Whisky in Scotland and Rakia in Bulgaria. Looks to me that there weren't enough Gin drinkers in England.

[2 Bee Holed]

It appears we are talking about Belarus.
Thank you.

[Devils_Advocate]

Its funny you should ask this question as the left wing media and commentators I follow on social media have been talking about it and there is a lot of people discussing what support and action should be taken

You might have a good point about being the wrong colour as whenever brown and black people protest and get widespread support there seems to be a right wing reaction that has to make a big noise and try to demonise them discredit their cause

This attack response is what more than likely makes it a main stream story so yes the colour of the protesters probably does make a difference but maybe not in the was you were getting at

[Bosscat]

Belarus ... wasn't that originally known as "White Russia" .... not very PC

[Volvoclaret]

Extreme left wing Government I believe. Totally aligned to Russia. I stand to be corrected.

[Devils_Advocate]

Authoritarian dictatorship is about the best way to describe it nowadays but yes its roots are in the far left politics of the eastern bloc and communist Russia and China. Economically I think it still relies heavily on both country's and has become a pawn in their opposition to each other

[cricketfieldclarets]

Went to a kgb museum in Lithuania. And there was a whole section completely unrelated to the kgb history and purely focussed on ‘current’ (three years ago) human rights violations and atrocities in Belarus.

One things for sure. The presidents a bit of a nutjob. Groomed one of his sons literally to replace him whenever he does end his position as leader.

On Covid he said it’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

[tim_noone]

Does that make the Queen a nut job?

[Clarets4me]

It's the same folk who told us we can't survive outside the EU, that suddenly want us to intervene in National Elections in Belarus ! What do they want, a gun-boat ?

[HahaYeah]

Probably a looney left wing establishment backed Soros colour revolution being staged to punish the Belarus leadership for not going along with the global scamdemic.

[Swizzlestick]

Probably a looney left wing establishment backed Soros colour revolution being staged to punish the Belarus leadership for not going along with the global scamdemic.

Bill Gates using 5G to indoctrinate people and then enforcing his vaccine.

And the Rothschilds. Don’t forget them.

Think we’ve ticked everything off.

[HahaYeah]

Bill Gates using 5G to indoctrinate people and then enforcing his vaccine.

And the Rothschilds. Don’t forget them.

Think we’ve ticked everything off.

Yep they'll all be wearing face nappies, socialist distancing and scoffing cricket-bars and Bill Gates's fake meat soon enough. - As will we all.

[italianclaret88]

Belarus....Belarus....ah the nation with new fake Josip Stalin!!

[AndrewJB]

It's the same folk who told us we can't survive outside the EU, that suddenly want us to intervene in National Elections in Belarus ! What do they want, a gun-boat ?

Belarus is landlocked.

Anyone looking for order in our world feel confused by the different relationships. The governments of Israel and Hungary are friendly, despite the blatant anti-Semitism of the Hungarian PM. The British and US governments are reluctant to investigate evidence of Russian meddling in their democracies. Belarus has an election that people claim is rigged, but the UK and US response is, well, what?

The link in my opinion is a shared belief in authoritarianism.

[Cardclaret]

Been a couple of times, people great, security like you wouldn't believe.

2 to 3 day queues at the borders, but you can bring that down to 5 to 6 hours of you pay 300 USD to a guy in
Bialystok Poland

[cricketfieldclarets]

Does that make the Queen a nut job?

Absolutely

[MACCA]

Who's this Belarus fellas?

Is he a winger?

[cricketfieldclarets]

Been a couple of times, people great, security like you wouldn't believe.

2 to 3 day queues at the borders, but you can bring that down to 5 to 6 hours of you pay 300 USD to a guy in
Bialystok Poland

That’s why we didn’t go from Lithuania. Time limits meant would have been a wasted journey so headed north to Latvia instead but would love to go.

[Stayingup]

Belarus ... wasn't that originally known as "White Russia" .... not very PC

Indeed it is White Russia.

I recall travelling there in the late 90's Lukashenko had expelled a number of foreign Diplomats and pronounced that all my people need to live is milk and cheese.

I went from Minsk to Grodno, Mogilev and south, near the Ukraine border, close to Chenobyl. Basically all round the place. Its very flat and many German tanks got stuck there in swamps on trying to return from the ill fated attack on Russia.

Theres not much to see so they took me to a church in one place and I noticed there were many young women there. I asked my agent why is this. He said they are praying to get out. No wonder. The national drink is tea but they didn't have any at Minsk airport.