Belarus after Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine

Belarus is perceived as the supporter and even co-aggressor in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Since the beginning of the war, Russian Army has used Belarus as a deployment area for its attacks on Ukraine. How far will Lukashenka's support go? What does Belarusian society think about the war? And how can Belarusian democratic movement influence the perception of Belarus in Europe and strengthen the relations with Ukraine? Victoria Leukavets, Reseacher at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern Europeans Studies (SCEEUS), will explain political changes and continuities of the last twelve months in Belarus. The talk is moderated by Anna Kravtšenko, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom's Project Director for Ukraine and Belarus based in Kyiv.

About our series „Neighbouring Russia“: How did Russia's neighboring countries react one year after the full scale attack on Ukraine? That is what the Friedrich Naumann Foundation wants to explore in a twelve-part virtual series of events. Together with international experts, we examine individual countries or regions and discuss important domestic and foreign policy processes.

Moderator
Anna Kravtšenko
...was born in Estonia and studied political science and Eastern European Studies in Berlin. She worked as policy advisor for the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in Kyrgyzstan and the Republic of Moldova as well as for the FDP parliamentary group at the German Bundestag. Since November 2021 she is Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom's Project Director for Ukraine and Belarus based in Kyiv.

Gast
Victoria Leukavets
...is Reseacher at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern Europeans Studies (SCEEUS) and belongs to UI's The Special Research Programme for International Studies. She specializes in the domestic and foreign policy of Belarus and other Eastern Partnership countries as well as elections and electoral protests in non-democratic regimes.