is belarus not a democracy?

I've even noticed Belarusians defending Russia as if it were their own state. Is that partly because Russians are viewed as brothers due to similar language and culture or maybe the Soviet heritage? Do many Belarusians truly believe that Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine pose a threat to Belarus?

Heyy! I'm Lithuanian and I come in peace. I have a question about Litvinism. In Lithuania, our media and government say that only a small number of people believe in Litvinism, and that most Belarusians are 'normal' and don't believe or care about Litvnism. So is that true? I really don't mean to offend anyone—I'm just genuinely curious.

With everything that is happening at the moment how are you all feeling? I live in Lithuania and people are worried here, we don't know what to expect.

Вітаю ўдзельнікаў гэтага сабрэддзіта! Я хутчэй за ўсё прыеду ў Гомель на паўгода-год. Таму прашу гамяльчан і тых, хто там быў, падзяліцца любымі карыснымі парадамі, ды і наогул усім, што можа мне дапамагчы ў Гомелі. Буду ўсім удзячны! І яшчэ, беларуская не мая родная мова, бо я з РФ. Прашу, калі заўважыце граматычныя памылкі ў гэтым тэксце, напішыце ў каментары.

В России, если что, меня ни разу в жизни не было.

While I am not from Belarus, nor am I from any of it’s neighbours, I am curious to know how Belarusians feel about the current state of their country and what you want / think about the future of the country.

I’m not from Belarus so correct me if I’m wrong. I noticed that more people in Belarus speak Russian than Belarusian and that Lukasheko is really trying to integrate Belarus into Russian culture. There even the proposal of a Union state. Why is that? Couldn’t Belarus have their own language/culture without trying to assimilate into being Russian? I know there is the Soviet legacy and reliance politically/economically on Russia but I never understood why the push to not maintain a Belarusian identity.

I am thinking about studying in Belarus

I haven't come across pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian Belarusians so far (I guess because I don't know many) so I wonder if there's any in this subreddit who support the Gazans?

Ўсім прывітанне! я украінец і вучу беларускую мову. За 2 месяца ўжо магу спакойна, бяз цяжкасцяў, глядзець кантэнт па-беларуску, лёгка чытаць тэксты і нават нешта гаварыць на ёй. Як вы лічыце, ці шмат я паспеў вывучаць за гэта час?

What du belarusians think about russians who whish for a free and democratic russia?

russia will be free🤍💙🤍

zhiwe belarus🤍❤️🤍

(not intended to stir hate, a sincere vent, if you will) As a brown student studying here, please explain to me why : - I get called the n- word in public (I'm brown and calling me that makes no sense) -I get laughed at when I'm seen in public - I get called a savage, or someone who doesn't know anything - I get called an animal - get yelled "allahu akbar" when they see anyone wearing hijabs - gets rejected help, or cab rides sometimes because of complexion - gets followed on the streets by teenagers, video recording you and calling you names (and then not have anything done about it by bystanders?) - your students take pictures of us and laugh at us if we share a class with them. Sometimes even the teachers laugh at us. Also, making fun of someone if they can't speak russian well is not cool.

why can't people just be nice? I agree I love the kinder side of Belarus and as a country it has interesting things about it. I have met very nice people here who are helpful, kind and funny and love to know about other cultures 🤍 .The good side of Belarus is always appreciated.

But, seriously this xenophobia really gets out of hand. We are people too. Just because we don't look the same, does not mean we don't deserve to be treated normally. I wish more Belarusians would understand that.

P.s. these experiences stated were unprovoked. There's a difference between provoked and unprovoked reactions. I was minding my own business in all these cases. I can only speak about my own experiences here. This is NOT meant to hate on Belarus entirely. But racism, xenophobia is not acceptable. Thank you.

A few months ago there was a report that Belarus was going to bring in 150 thousand workers from Pakistan. Are there a lot more people from Pakistan in Belarus now?

Hello everyone. Since it's difficult to get information online, I'll try my luck here.

I am German and would like to travel to Belarus. But my problem is that I have been to Ukraine 7 times so far and that was during the war. Until now I haven't dared to travel to Belarus, but now I've decided to do so. I have the opportunity to get a 2nd passport with the stamps from Ukraine hidden. Do the Belarusian authorities have the opportunity to check at the border which countries I have already been to? It would also be interesting to know whether the Ukrainian authorities can also view this data.

I hope that someone here could help me.

Thank you