September 17, 2024

505. Katsiaryna Shmatsina - Lukashenko's Regime is an Experiment in Tyranny that is Beholden to Moscow

51 minutes

Katsiaryna Shmatsina - Dissident and collaborator on the 'Darth Putin'

satirical project on X.

https://x.com/DarthPutinKGB

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In 2020, mass anti-government protests erupted across Belarus. The

brutal crackdown that followed shocked the international community: the

authorities arrested tens of thousands of citizens, shut down

independent media and NGOs, and fomented a migrant crisis on the

European Union's border. But where many thought Belarus's dictator,

Alyaksandr Lukashenka, would fall, he instead turned to Moscow for

support, intensifying repression. Many of his opponents fled the

country. Then, in February 2022, Belarus provided a staging area for

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, allowing troops and weapons to be based on

its territory as large-scale war returned to Eastern Europe once again.

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Katsiaryna Shmatsina is a Belarusian political analyst focusing on

Belarusian foreign policy, regional security, and the impact of the

great power relations on smaller actors. Katsiaryna’s portfolio includes

a non-residential fellowship at the German Marshall Fund (2020) and

Think Visegrad Fellowship (2019). Previously, she worked for the

American Bar Association where she managed democratic-governance and

rule-of-law projects. She holds a master’s degree in international

relations from Syracuse University, New York and a law degree from

Belarusian State University. She is also a vocal dissident who has been

sanctioned by both the Belarussian and Russian governments.

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LINKS:

https://x.com/kshmatsina

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kshmatsina/

https://carnegieendowment.org/people/katsiaryna-shmatsina/

https://eksperty.org/experts/katsiaryna-shmatsina

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/contributors/kshmatsina

https://prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/kacjaryna-szmacina

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/katsiaryna-shmatsina

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