Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
and the
Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe

invite you to a briefing with top Belarusian pro-democracy leaders

15 Years and Counting:
Inside Lukashenka's Belarus

9:00AM-10:30AM

RFE/RL - Washington
1201 Connecticut Ave NW, 4th Floor
[entrance on Rhode Island Ave NW, next to St. Matthew's Cathedral]


Panelists

Vintsuk Viachorka
Co-Chair, United Democratic Forces of Belarus
former Chairman, Belarusian Popular Front
(in Washington)

Lavon Barshcheuski
Author; former Chairman, Belarusian Popular Front
(in Washington)

Alexander Lukashuk
Belarus Service Director, RFE/RL, Inc.
(by videolink from Prague, Czech Republic)

moderated by

Amb. Michael Kozak (invited)
Senior Advisor, US Department of State


Space is limited. To attend, please send an email to <dc-response@rferl.org> or call (202) 828-7211.

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Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka remains in power after fifteen years as the head of what has been called "the last dictatorship in Europe". Despite severe economic pressures brought on by the worldwide economic crisis, his government continues to steer a course between Russia and the West. Two senior leaders of Belarus' democratic opposition and the head of RFE/RL's Belarusian- language broadcast service will discuss the current political and economic situation in the country as well as the prospects for democratic change.