Strikes by Ukrainian armed forces against Russian energy infrastructure remain intense and are even increasing. Their effects have contributed to a full-scale gasoline crisis in Russia.
Changes in the Armed Forces Development and Buildup Plan, a record-breaking mobilization exercise in the Grodno Region, and repeaters in Belarus.
Gasoline exports from Belarus to Russia did indeed reach record levels in June. However, this reflects a redirection of exports from other markets rather than an increase in production specifically aimed at supplying the Russian market.
NPP Unit No. 1 has been in operation for five years, but gasoline prices have risen again.
Analytical review for May 2026.
The results of the May monitoring study demonstrated the development of previous trends characteristic of Belarusian education in recent years, including restriction of the right to teach for politically disloyal citizens and strengthening of ideological control by the state.
Designing a mechanism for restricting politically disloyal citizens’ access to teaching, new paths of ideologization of Belarusian education, new directions for the militarization of Belarusian education etc.
What pro-government Belarusian public groups can and cannot talk about on Telegram and other social media (using the war in Ukraine as an example).
Russian budget revenues remain high due to elevated oil prices but are still below record levels seen in 2022 and 2024.
Unit 1 of the nuclear power plant was under maintenance for almost a third of the year, and gas was discovered in Belarus.
The April 2026 prisoner exchange offers a clear view of how the Belarusian regime manages information: restraint for Western audiences, incitement for domestic ones. The pattern is structural rather than tied to Poczobut personally, and functions as a standing tool of narrative control.
The regulatory entrenchment of discriminatory and repressive practices, Increased scrutiny of the private education sector by government regulatory and supervisory agencies etc.
At the OSCE conference in Vienna, iSANS Human Rights and Rule of Law Unit Head Yuri Dzhibladze spoke on how the Lukashenka regime uses digital repression against Belarusian exiles — from spyware and hacking to threats, surveillance, and DDoS attacks targeting media and civil society.
At the OSCE conference in Vienna, iSANS Human Rights and Rule of Law Unit Head Yuri Dzhibladze spoke on how the Lukashenka regime uses propaganda and disinformation to destroy civic space in Belarus — through repression, intimidation, and total control over information.
