The EU on 24 August said that in November it will begin Youth Russian-language broadcasts into Belarus, where President Alyaksandr Lukashenka is accused of stifling independent media. (See also, "German Broadcaster Makes Waves With Russian-Language Plans.")
Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ruslan Yesin today called the project "pointless," saying the government is "not afraid of it."
(Reuters)
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"Expelled U.S. Academic Says Minsk In Anti-Western 'Cleanup'"
Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ruslan Yesin today called the project "pointless," saying the government is "not afraid of it."
(Reuters)
See also:
"Expelled U.S. Academic Says Minsk In Anti-Western 'Cleanup'"