Raman Vasyukovich

Raman Vasyukovich is a correspondent in Kyiv for Current Time, the Russian-language network led by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA. Born in Belarus, Vasyukovich is a graduate of the Institute of Parliamentarism and Entrepreneurship in Minsk. Before joining Current Time as the channel’s Minsk correspondent in 2020, he worked as a journalist for the independent newspaper Narodnaya Volya and a reporter for European Radio in Minsk.

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February 13, 2024
Hard Times: Belarusian Media Abroad Say They Lack Money For Their 'Mission'

Labeled "extremists" at home, independent Belarusian journalists living and working abroad worry that troubles attracting advertising and competition for media grants mean that their work encouraging Belarusians to support democracy is under threat.
September 09, 2023
Belarus's Lukashenka Sets Passport Trap To Lure Opponents Back Home

Belarusians living abroad will have to come home to renew or receive passports, according to a new edict by Alyaksandr Lukashenka. Opponents say it's just the latest attempt by the country's de facto ruler to round up some of the tens of thousands of critics who have fled the country since 2020.
October 25, 2022
Seriously Ill Ukrainian Kids Flee To Fight For Their Lives

Russia's war against Ukraine is said to have forced more than 1,000 children with cancer and other serious diseases to flee to Kyiv or farther afield to continue their treatment. However, some families are now returning to Ukraine despite the ongoing war.
July 01, 2022
Glaring Lights, Lukashenka Speeches: Former Belarusian Political Prisoners Describe Jail Conditions

Former political prisoners in Belarus say they were denied medical care in jail, subjected to the constant glare of bright lights, and bombarded with speeches by authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
September 17, 2020
Paint It Again: Minsk Opposition Mural Becomes Flash Point

A mural on the side of a Minsk apartment building of two deejays who were jailed for spinning a song by Soviet rock legend Viktor Tsoi has become a flash point in the standoff between Alyaksandr Lukashenka and his opponents.

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Raman Vasyukovich

Also by Raman Vasyukovich

Hard Times: Belarusian Media Abroad Say They Lack Money For Their 'Mission'

Belarus's Lukashenka Sets Passport Trap To Lure Opponents Back Home

Seriously Ill Ukrainian Kids Flee To Fight For Their Lives

Glaring Lights, Lukashenka Speeches: Former Belarusian Political Prisoners Describe Jail Conditions

Paint It Again: Minsk Opposition Mural Becomes Flash Point