You are cordially invited to a joint event of the Research Centre of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Office (OST Research Centre), and the Oxford Belarus Observatory (OBO), with the support of the GCRF COMPASS project and ZOiS.
Russia's war against Ukraine has completely changed previous perceptions of regional security and the balance of power in Central and Eastern Europe. Belarus’ participation in the war on Russia's side creates additional risks and threats both for neighbouring countries and for Belarusian citizens. Belarusian society, including those people who support Lukashenka, is by and large against the war. In fact, opinion polls demonstrate that Belarusians do not realise that Belarus is already involved in the war. Moreover, many Belarusians, who were forced to leave Belarus during or after the mass protests in 2020 and went to Ukraine, have now found themselves as refugees for the second time.
Since the beginning of the war some governments, private companies, educational institutions, and other organisations have applied additional restrictive measures and sanctions against Belarus and Belarusian citizens. Reports have proliferated of violence and hostility against ordinary Belarusians at the everyday level, even as they seek refuge from Lukashenka’s regime. In this context, the topic of how Belarus and Belarusians are perceived following the start of Russia's war against Ukraine is the topic of this event, jointly convened by ZOIS, the Research Centre of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Office (OST Research Centre), and the Oxford Belarus Observatory (OBO), with the support of the GCRF COMPASS project.
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