Belarusian Review

Last several years have witnessed a noticeable decline of interest in Belarus by Western media and politicians. This is understandable in the era of Arab Spring revolutions. The December 2010 Lukašenka regime’s crackdown on opposition was the last turbulent event, recorded in Belarus. What worries me more is the Western medias’ continuing tendency to regard Belarus as a post-Soviet ”Russophone” country, with no language and culture of its own. This impression is intensified by the fact that the present Belarus’ president ( A. Lukašenka) and the country’s leadership prefer to use Russian in communicating with the country’s people. Their choice seems to be politically motivated, since for most of them Belarusian is not a foreign language.