Welcome to the Post-Soviet Press Pod’s "10 Minutes on…" series, which condenses the key information you need to know about each of the 15 countries of the former USSR into a bitesize 10 minutes(ish).

In this first episode, we look at Belarus, which has been in the headlines since August 2020, when rigged elections led to mass protests against the rule of the “last dictator in Europe”, Alyaksandr Lukashenka. MA students at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), Alex Figurski and James Bolton-Jones, discuss Belarusian culture, history, politics, and current affairs all while sampling some kvas - a delicious Belarusian beverage.

Transcript and more information: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/news-events/seminar-series/post-soviet-press-group/post-soviet-press-pod

Hosts: James Bolton-Jones and Alex Figurski

Editor: Alex Figurski

Research and production: Post-Soviet Press Group Editorial Assistants

Academic supervisors: Dr Andrew Wilson and Dr Rasmus Nilsson

Post-Soviet Press Group Editor: Dr Ben Noble