Whats Happening in Belarus?

https://www.reddit.com/r/belarus/comments/1id98mz/whats_happening_in_belarus/

created by cs029 on 30/01/2025 at 00:26 UTC

18 upvotes, 6 top-level comments (showing 6)

Anyone wanna give an update on the situation in Belarus?

What are everybody's reactions to the elections?

Are many people still leaving the country?

Comments

Comment by Zabrod666 at 30/01/2025 at 02:06 UTC

58 upvotes, 1 direct replies

No reaction, cos nothing unexpected has happened. And it feels like “nothing we can do about it”.

Comment by Rahm_Kota_156 at 30/01/2025 at 18:35 UTC

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Nothing happening as far as I can tell, except the dog incident

Comment by FamiliarAardvark3293 at 30/01/2025 at 17:06 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Everything is silent, because of the war. Similar situation was during 2015 elections, but it is so much more serious this time around. Belarusian primary fear is being dragged into a war, and as long as Lukashenko keeps Belarus out of it directly, he will be tolerated even by those who protested during 2020. Most radical ones left the country or are in prisons. The socio-economic basis of 2020 resistance of the new middle class was destroyed by Western sanctions and IT people left to Poland.

Comment by Arphile at 30/01/2025 at 11:58 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Was there a week before the elections. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, people go to restaurants and museums, nobody seemed to care about the election. Life goes on despite everything and you wouldn’t know it’s anything special unless you were looking for it