Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report 12/22/2010 9:46:48 AM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova. For more stories on Eastern Europe, please visit and bookmark our Eastern Europe page .

 

Belarus More Than 600 Arrested As Standoff Between Lukashenka, Belarus Opposition Continues President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has further tightened the screws on Belarus's opposition after police broke up mass protests against his reelection. More   Lukashenka's Cave Where might Belarus's "flawed" elections and its brutal beatdown of demonstrators lead? Nowhere quickly, it's a safe bet. More   WikiLeaks, Belarusian Style Lukashenka seemed to become the first official to appropriate the WikiLeaks model for a government-led transparency initiative. Well, sort of. As in, not really. More   Lukashenka Claims Victory Amid Mounting Criticism Longtime Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka has claimed his fourth presidential term with an overwhelming victory in December 19 elections. But the capital, Minsk, has been the scene of violence, with police arresting seven of Lukashenka's rivals in the race and cracking down on opposition demonstrators who say the vote results were rigged. Western officials and election observers have sharply criticized authorities' heavy-handed response to the protests. More   Opposition Websites Hacked Belarus is holding a presidential election today (hard-line President Lukashenka is expected to win) and there are reports that a number of the country’s opposition websites have been subjected to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. More   Lukashenka Declared Victor In Marred Belarus Vote Authorities say Alyaksandr Lukashenka has won a landslide reelection victory to a fourth term, in an election marred by the detention of opposition candidates and clashes between police and demonstrators. More   As Belarus Votes, World Outside Settles On Lukashenka As The Devil It Knows As Belarus heads to the polls, Moscow, Brussels, and Washington appear to have rallied around Alyaksandr Lukashenka as the least bad option. More   Lukashenka's Election Ice Capades How do you sabotage the opposition on election day? Bring out the weapons of mass distraction! Here's how, from permanent President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's ever-open text book: schedule election day (Sunday) for the peak of winter, when people are getting ready for the holiday season. More   Belarusian Artist Jailed For Hooliganism Belarusian opposition activist and artist Ales Pushkin has been sentenced to 13 days in jail for hooliganism. More   A Daunting Challenge With globalization multiplying the avenues by which corrupt practices span the globe, experts are debating the nature of corruption and how to stop it. More   Moldova Moldovan Journalist Jailed A court in the breakaway Transdniester region has sentenced a Moldovan journalist to 15 years in prison after finding him guilty of spying for Chisinau. More   Gay Suicide 'Followed Police Threat' A gay rights group in Moldova says a young homosexual man committed suicide this week after being intimidated and humiliated by police officers in Chisinau. More   Ukraine Ukraine 'Concerned' About Belarus The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has expressed concern about the use of violence against opposition demonstrators in Belarus following the December 19 presidential election. More   Ex-Ukraine PM Tymoshenko Charged Ukraine's prosecutor-general says former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been charged with abuse of power while in office. More   Ukraine Rector's Spouse Beaten The authorities in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk have launched an investigation into the beating of the wife of the local university's de facto rector, Yuriy Lysenko. More   Call For Ukraine Speaker's Dismissal The two opposition factions in Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada have called for the dismissal of the parliament speaker and an investigation by the Prosecutor-General into the bloody brawl that erupted in the parliament chamber on December 16. More   Corruption, And Outrage About It, Is On The Rise Corruption is on the rise in many countries, but so is the number of people willing to report incidents of it, according to a new report by the watchdog group Transparency International. More