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Pavel Slunkin

@PavelSlunkin

2 years

I am Belarusian and I stand with Ukraine.

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Pavel Slunkin

@PavelSlunkin

7 months

I am 34 y.o. Belarusian living in exile in Poland. FIRST time in my life I will see a peaceful transition of power. To opposition. After democratic elections. With 73% turnout. My message to you - value and protect your democracy. You can't even imagine what a miracle you have.

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Pavel Slunkin

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How is started How it’s going

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Pavel Slunkin

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Вот по таким фото и нужно судить, чего мы сумели добиться к 21 веку. Не по Starlink, не по новым айфонам, не по MetaWorld, а по маленьким детям европейской страны, спящим в холодных подвалах, пока сверху на их головы сыплются бомбы. И ни одна страна в мире не может это остановить

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Pavel Slunkin

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Exactly 8 years ago today Putin, Merkel, Hollande and Poroshenko met in Minsk's Palace of Independence to negotiate ceasefire and peace in Ukraine after Russia's invasion in 2014. I was BY diplomat then and worked with the UA delegation. Here is my thread about that night.

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Pavel Slunkin

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2 years

Ещё пару слов о том, что «Лукашенко - это выбор беларусов». Политзаключённые в Беларуси (их более 1,1 тыс) протыкают себе горло шариковыми ручками и режут животы прямо во время «судебных процессов», пытаясь себя убить. Вот так сейчас выглядит выбор беларусов.

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Pavel Slunkin

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10 months

I know that many journalists and editors-in-chief follow me here. This short thread is for you. Please remember that when you call Alexander Lukashenko the “President of Belarus” this is neither true, nor correct. And this misleads your reader. Some facts further…

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Many rumors surrounding the sudden disappearance of the Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang. Of course, I don't know where he is or what is happening to him. Instead I will share my impressions of our meeting and working together in 2015.

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Pavel Slunkin

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2 years

A few words about the resistance of Belarusians to the Russian aggression in Ukraine. Thread.

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Pavel Slunkin

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1 year

I lived in Ukraine until Russia invaded it again on February 24, 2022. I don't know when and where this story will end, but I wish Ukraine to win. And it definitely will.

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Pavel Slunkin

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2 years

Соловьев про большую войну в Европе: «Сядем в землянку! Нам не привыкать». Тем временем землянка Соловьева на озере Комо в Италии.

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Pavel Slunkin

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1 year

France's President Mr Hollande looked like he didn't know what he was doing there. So he chose the simplest strategy - followed Angela Merkel and her instructions. You can easily read it even in the photos from that night.

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Pavel Slunkin

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1 year

The honeymoon period in the relations between Belarus and the West ended in 2020, when Lukashenka rigged elections, brutally cracked down the protests and political prisoners again appeared in the country (first time since 2015). I resigned from MFA in protest and joined @ecfr

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Pavel Slunkin

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Nobody expected the negotiations to last that long and the Palace started looking like this.

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Many diplomats asked me about this photo: "What protocol rule did you apply to assign the place for flags and presidents? This is no alphabetic, no cadence order". Lukashenka had his own patriarchal logic - "lady in the center (the best position), Poroshenko and Putin separated"

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Pavel Slunkin

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My friend & former colleague @PMatsukevich who worked with Merkel that night and who resigned in protest in 2020 had to flee from BY too. We both work as policy analysts now.

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Pavel Slunkin

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10 months

Perhaps for the first time in months, he was completely honest with me: “In Beijing, there are several hundred people rowing behind me for my position. So, if I don't do this, someone else will."

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Poroshenko looked exhausted. He had almost no sleep the night before Minsk and was to arrive to Brussels for the EU summit right after the talks in BY. He regularly called to Ukraine to get an update from the front and specifically from Debaltseve that was being heavily attacked

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Pavel Slunkin

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A little later I moved to Ukraine, the country that I supported so much since 2013, worked with during the Minsk talks and that became my second home after I had to leave my Homeland.

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After the first round of talks the heads of delegations finally came out for a group photo and Lukashenka invited the delegations for the dinner. Hollande happily agreed, but Merkel cut him off abruptly saying "no time to have dinner, we start working". And they went back to work

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Pavel Slunkin

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The talks lasted almost almost 17 hours. It was a hard marathon for everyone. But Putin had his own "doping" from the host country. He was the only one who had a room with a bed right in the Palace. Several times he left the table looking tired and came back fresh after some time

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Lukashenka didn't recognise the annexation of Crimea and cautiously stood up for the territorial integrity of Ukraine. This let him present Belarus as a relatively neutral country that can suit for negotiations purposes.

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Pavel Slunkin

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1 year

The delegations arrived in Minsk on February 11, 2015. And you can easily guess who was disrespectfully late.

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Pavel Slunkin

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Let's first add some context here. The Normandy format meeting in Minsk attracted enormous attention to Belarus that was gradually getting out of international isolation and surpisingly took a rather neutral stance on the war.

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My other friend @A_Shraibman worked as journalist during the talks. In 2021 was labelled "extremist" and destroyed by Belarusian authorities, jornalists were jailed. Artyom managed to flee to Ukraine too.

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Pavel Slunkin

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Not many people know, but Lukashenka stroke iron while it was hot and even wanted to get himself at the negotiations table. This was of course blocked by Germany and France and he finally gave up. Later he will say that his role that night was to "bring coffee and ammunition"

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Merkel and Hollande landed in Minsk almost at the same time and Germany's Chancellor asked to meet before they move to the Palace. They met in a plane. In the Merkel's plane, of course. In Palace they arrived together too.

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Pavel Slunkin

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1 year

You all know about the Minsk agreements signed that night (if you don't, please, read this thread by @DumoulinME here: ) So, I will end this thread with my personal story after these talks and how the roads of life can intertwine.

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Alors non, en fait, les accords de Minsk ne prévoyaient pas ça. Petit sur🧵 ces accords, sans doute plus pour l'histoire qu'autre chose (mais si ça peut aider à entendre moins d'âneries proférées doctement, ce sera toujours ça!). 1/9

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Belarus Foreign Minister Makei died in November 2022. Merkel, Hollande and Poroshenko are no longer state leaders. Lukashenka remains in Palace until now. He "brings ammunition" to the war against Ukraine now literally, not figuratively

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Глава погранкомитета #Беларусь А.Лаппо заявил, что не исключает, что Польша может "захватить белорусского пограничника". Кто-нибудь может объяснить, зачем Польше беларуский пограничник? Посмеяться с его зарплаты? Показать жизнь в ЕС, куда ему запрещено ездить? Ваши варианты?

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Pavel Slunkin

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Belarusians joined solidarity events with Ukraine in more than 20 cities worldwide

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In @ecfr I met @DumoulinME who was dealing with the Minsk agreements when she worked for the France MFA. And @GresselGustav who has been covering the war and Minsk process for many years.

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15/ Anti-war sentiment and resistance actions are one of the reasons why Lukashenka has not yet sent the Belarusian army to Ukraine. End.

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8/ This is a map of railroad sabotage actions. The partisans have been blocking the movement of Russian military equipment to Ukraine by rail. Russia had to switch to air transport because of this

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Любимая цитата из фильма @yurydud от беларуса, который перелетел через границу на параплане: «Меня не возьмёте. В воздухе я решаю!» До мурашек.

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In 2021 I met Pavlo Klimkin, ex-Foreign Minister of Ukraine. This happened for the first time since our first meeting that night in Minsk in 2015.

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Pavel Slunkin

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This is not my personal view or analytical assessment, but an official position of dozens of states. After rigged elections in 2020 the EU, its member states, USA, UK, Canada, NZ, Ukraine and many many other countries don’t recognize him as the legitimate president of Belarus

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Pavel Slunkin

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11/ Several Belarusian battalions are fighting for the freedom of Ukraine. They are the first national battalions in the Ukrainian army. Belarusian soldiers died, including defending Bucha.

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10/ Belarusians massively share information about the deployment and movement of Russian troops and equipment. Information about the departures of Russian war planes is immediately published. This allows the Ukrainian air defense systems and the army to be ready for attacks

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Pavel Slunkin

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Режим Лукашенко превратил мою страну в страну-агрессор. И я не знаю, как нам всем теперь с этим жить. Передаю привет бывшим коллегам и знакомым, которые «просто делает свою работу» или «не интересуется политикой». Слава Україні!

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Pavel Slunkin

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If you think that the fight for freedom by Belarusians deserves some respect this is a good chance to show your support. Thank you!

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Since then no Ambassador of these states has presented credentials to Lukashenko so as not to recognize his legitimacy or call him president in official documents

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Pavel Slunkin

@PavelSlunkin

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Сегодня день рождения Александра Лукашенко. Пусть все пожелания изменнику сбудутся!

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Pavel Slunkin

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My humble recommendation for you is to call him “illegitimate president”, “self-proclaimed president” or just “ruler”, “dictator” and so on. This does not contradict the principle of journalistic neutrality and reflects the reality more accurately while not misleading your reader

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Pavel Slunkin

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He surprised me with his excellent English and how his subordinates were afraid of him. We briefly discussed the visit and plans for today. He was eating traditional Chinese noodle soup. Very, very, very (!) loudly (no exaggeration here).

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Pavel Slunkin

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2 years

Размова з кіроўцам таксі: - А на якой мове вы размаўляеце? - На беларускай - Ааа, зразумела. А то я зразумець не магу, гучыць неяк знаёма - А вы адкуль? - З Беларусі

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Pavel Slunkin

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Присвячується всім критикам Тихановської з України. Цю програму їй перед виборами 2020 року приписувала пропаганда Лукашенко. З 2022 виглядає інакше, правда? :)

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Pavel Slunkin

@PavelSlunkin

10 months

Some parliaments of the EU states like f.ex. of Lithuania and Latvia even adopted special resolutions underlining their official position on the issue @LithuaniaMFA @Latvian_MFA

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Pavel Slunkin

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2 years

Сьогодні – день народження Олександра Лукашенка. Нехай усі побажання імениннику здійсняться! 🇺🇦

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12/ Belarusians have created dozens of initiatives to support the Ukrainian army and Ukrainian refugees. Thanks to them, the Ukrainian army has received some new vehicles and weapons, they help refugees financially and provide medical, psychological support and service assistance

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6/ Independent polls show that only 3% of Belarusians want the Belarusian army to enter the war with Ukraine on the side of Russia.

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Pavel Slunkin

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10 months

And here is yesterday’s @OSCE parliamentary assembly resolution where Lukashenko’ regime is called “illegitimate”. The Council of Europe has previously adopted a resolution with the same position @coe @oscepa

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9/ Belarusian cyberpartisans attack databases and train management systems, websites of state institutions, etc. @cpartisans

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Pavel Slunkin

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10 months

It looked very surreal. Chinese diplomats walked up the stairs of the museum, counted the steps and asked: “When will the solemn music turn on? What step will the Chairman (Xi) step at this moment? Will it be this one? Or that one? Are you sure?!".

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14/ But even inside Belarus, despite police persecution, Belarusians help Ukrainian refugees: they provide them with free services, help with housing, evacuation to the EU, and collect money for them.

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His “illegitimacy” is not just a word in a political statement. Lukashenko does not represent the will of the people of Belarus. This is proven everyday by the state terror by his regime against them

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Рабіце так, а не Твітар-срачы

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10 months

There are 1497 internationally recognized political prisoners in Belarus now. The real number is much higher

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4/ In 2021, civil society was almost completely destroyed in Belarus. Even organizations that were involved in protecting the rights of disabled people, ecology and biodiversity were liquidated. Leaders arrested or fled.

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3/ The last mass protests were crushed back in January 2021. Propaganda/state TV calls for the killing of opponents. However, Lukashenka has not become more popular (having about 30% support). His power rests on Kremlin’s support, loyal police and nomenklatura + total repression

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You can also see his illegitimacy in polls. Belarusians are against the war in Ukraine, against Russian nuclear arms in Belarus and demand change. While Lukashenka welcomes Russian troops and Wagner war criminals to the country and has turned Belarus into an aggressor state

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2/ Torture and beatings that shocked the world in August 2020 have not disappeared. They have become even more cruel and large-scale. Some political prisoners tried to kill themselves right during the trial: by slitting their stomach or piercing neck with a ballpoint pen

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Pavel Slunkin

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10 months

Our everyday negotiations felt like Groundhog Day. We ended them late in the evening, agreed on all the protocol nuances, but the next day the Chinese colleagues again asked for a meeting. And we discussed the same thing again. And so day after day.

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Президент Украины вчера сказал, что Лукашенко - это вопрос беларусов и воообще не его дело. Сам же Зеленский взывает к Западу словами «вы следующие». Так вот. Не может быть никаких «не наше дело», когда речь идёт о войне. Неважно, воюют диктаторы со своим или с соседним народом

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Pavel Slunkin

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2 года назад Министр иностранных дел Беларуси Владимир Макей дал большое интервью 5 негосударственным СМИ. Сейчас все они заблокированы в Беларуси. 2 из них признаны экстремистскими. Журналисты с того интервью в тюрьме, в вынужденной эмиграции либо под подпиской о невыезде.

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13/ An important feature is that these initiatives are predominantly in exile since 2020. They are led by the same people who have proven themselves 2 years ago.

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1/ After 2020 and an unprecedented wave of repressions, several hundred thousand people have left Belarus. Thousands are in prison for political reasons (see the map)

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When Xi finally flew back to Beijing, I approached one of the Chinese diplomats (subordinates of Qin Gang) and asked him: “What was all this for? These months of useless negotiations about the same thing. This game of arithmetic with steps at the museum at night?".

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5/ In such conditions, the war found Belarusian society. The illegitimate Lukashenka has made Belarus a co-aggressor state, and its citizens are seen as traitors and occupants by the international community.

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Прилетел в Берлин. Зашёл пообедать в иракский ресторан. Собрал официантов вместе и рассказал про то, как их сограждан обманывают контрабандисты, обещая через Беларусь доставить в ФРГ, а потом кидают. Попросил, чтобы предупредили своих родных и друзей. Чувствую себя невероятно/ым.

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Pavel Slunkin

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Это Киев сегодня ранним утром. Я хочу, чтобы все россияне и беларусы, когда будут смотреть на себя в зеркало, каждый раз видели вот это. Это результат нашего коллективного безразличия, соглашательства и молчания. Нет войне!!!

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At 3 am, I was sure only that I wanted to sleep, and just pointed to a random step. As you guessed, tomorrow the music turned on at a completely different moment

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Калі вы нешта хочаце даказаць ці растлумачыць спадарыне, проста пачытайце, як яна ставіцца да сваіх жа пераможцаў з Украіны. Ёй “діла нема” нават да іх меркавання. Чаго вы чакаеце? Эмпатыі? Павагі? Лепш паберажыце нервы і працягвайце падтрымліваць Украіну і Беларусь

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Пытаюсь объяснить разницу между Беларусь и Белоруссия европейскому читателю. Ретвит?

Dual intentions: Why the Belarusian regime and its people are not one and the same

The Belarusian people are overwhelmingly against Russia’s war in Ukraine. European leaders should recall the 2020 uprisings in Belarus before conflating the country’s citizens with their illegitimate…

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Let me start by saying that the Chinese protocol is a huge machine that employs hundreds of diplomats. The entire Protocol department of Belarus then consisted of 11 people. This is also the reason why a young dilomat like me had a chance to work with Qin Gang and other CH VIPs.

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У Каталіцкай царквы Беларусі забіраюць самы вядомы касцёл нашай краіны - Касцёл Святога Сымона і Святой Алены ў Мінску (вядомы як Чырвоны Касцёл). У мяне ў сувязі з гэтым толькі адно пытанне Ватыкану: "Ну што, дапамагло Вам уручэнне даверчых грамат?"

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When I am asked if regret my resignation, I show this pic of @StefanishynaO after UA obtained EU candidate sts. If your diplomatic work doesn't make you feel happy and proud, it has no sense. It can bring money, comfortable life, status, but this has nothing to do with diplomacy

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To be honest, we could save a lot of time. Because when Chinese diplomats didn't like something, they called Beijing. And later Beijing called Lukashenka's administration. Surely, almost any whim of China's leadership immediately became a new arrangement.

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The next morning, I had breakfast together with Qin Gan at the "Beiging Hotel" (the Chinese built it in Minsk, among other things, in order to receive large delegations from the PRC).

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Wild examples of RU propaganda narratives are often published here. But you have never seen quotes from the Belarusian TV. This is unfair. RU propagandists look like sweet summer children against the backdrop of their BY colleagues. A thread with translated quotes from the video

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At 2 am (!!!), at his request, my colleagues woke up the deputy director of the museum and asked him to arrange another excursion to the museum for the Chinese protocol. Pic. Museum of the Great Patriotic War (World War II)

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Why Eastern Europeans never smile. Explanatory tweet

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Despite the fact that there is no concept of “state visit”(the most honorable type of visit) in Belarusian protocol practice, Chinese diplomats called Xi’s visit that way. The Chinese Embassy even bought dozens of huge advertising banners all over Minsk to promote it this way

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Прожить жизнь так, чтобы Зянон не назвал агентом.

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He then headed the Protocol Department of the Foreign Ministry and came to Belarus as part of a delegation led by Xi Jinping. You can spot him in this picrure. Or us both in this video

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Warsaw. Right now

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The first day of the visit ended very late. And on the second day, Xi planned to visit the Museum of the Great Patriotic War. At 2 o'clock in the morning, Qin Gang decided to once again check the readiness of the museum to meet his boss.

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1 year

Пра тое, што паўстанне 1863 значыць для нашага народа, беларусы паказвалі ўжо вельмі шмат разоў. І асабліва яскрава ў 2019 годзе Ні Масква, ні Лукашэнка нічога з гэтым зрабіць не змаглі. Не атрымаецца і ў новых аматараў цэнзурыраваць гісторыю Беларусы шануюць сваіх герояў

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Pavel Slunkin

@PavelSlunkin

10 months

Preparations for Xi's visit began a few months before he arrived in Minsk. Chinese diplomats persistently came to the Foreign Ministry literally every day. We discussed exactly the same protocol aspects of the visit several dozen times

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Pavel Slunkin

@PavelSlunkin

2 years

@kaz80mail Вот здесь можете почитать

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Pavel Slunkin

@PavelSlunkin

2 years

If one could imagine the worst way of solving the migrant crisis at the BY-PL border, this would be discussing it with Lukashenka, who engineered it exactly for this purpose. And do it on Putin’s recommendation, who backs him. Angela Merkel has just succeed in both.

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Pavel Slunkin

@PavelSlunkin

3 months

“Elections” in Belarus. 1984 vibe

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Pavel Slunkin

@PavelSlunkin

2 years

Меланія Падаляк распавядае Мікалаю Аўтуховічу, што ён “терпіла йобани»

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Pavel Slunkin

@PavelSlunkin

2 years

Ноябрь 2020 и ноябрь 2021. В стране многое изменилось, но отношение к людям осталось прежним.

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Pavel Slunkin

@PavelSlunkin

10 months

Under pressure from China and under the temptation of Chinese investments, Minsk gave in and agreed to call the visit exactly “state”. Here is the screen from the Lukashenka's website

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Pavel Slunkin

@PavelSlunkin

10 months

Sviatlana @Tsihanouskaya , independent media and NGOs of Belarus in exile are hosting a Solidarity marathon with political prisoners of Belarus The marathon will end in 11 hours. You can donate here 1475 political prisoners in Belarus. Every cent matters