Russia will hardly ask Belarus’ military help in the Ukrainian conflict. And official Minsk will respond to the situation in Ukraine with restraint.

From the economic blockage to the dramatic increase of military presence in the region.

The façade of separatism in Ukraine is artificially fed on by Russia.

Ukraine is a very important factor in the Russian domestic policy: democratization and Europeanization threaten to launch the same processes at the Russian territories.

Maidan has started the revolution, but it can’t assume power nowhere else beyond Maidan. The revolutionary character of Verkhovna Rada only arouses suspicion.

“Interim Phase” is the first serious step in renovating EU-Belarus dialog that has happened over the last four years.

Resolving crisis in Kyiv with such a high death toll is absolutely unacceptable for the legitimate authorities. Ukraine needs to start the political situation all anew.

Lack of clear ideological basis for unity of Belarusan nation affects both the sport and the fans.

If the European Union turns a blind eye to the actions of Russia in Eastern Europe, it will throw the situation in the region off many steps back.

Ukrainian authorities only demonstrate their readiness to resolve the political crisis; but they haven’t taken any real actions for that yet.