Program “B for Belarus”, May 14, 2021 on PRIMUS radio This time the major theme of the program is “Belarus: bottomless country. Are there real red lines for the regime and the opposition?”. We cover this theme with Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst.

• Common sense is hard to find in Belarusian official policies.
• Plot against Lukashenko. What it means and what consequences it might lead to.
• The Belarusian regime argues that the West wants to wage war on Belarus.
• Who belongs to the Church of Lukashenko?
• People are confused and sometimes angered by the way the opposition behaves.
• Definition of so-called red lines for the regime and the society.
• Mysticism, anti-reason, pseudo-science and post-truth as the foundation of the Belarusian regime.

March 25, 2021. Another program “B for Belarus” on PRIMUS radio. This time the major theme of the program is “Are Belarusians really ready for a meaningful change?” We cover this theme with Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst.

• In 2021 polls in Belarus state that about 75% of Belarusians are in favor of reforms.
• Evidence of the change of mood of Belarusians.
• Economy as a catalyst of changes. Will Russia continue its support of the Belarusian regime?
• Homogeneity of the Belarusian nomenclature and force structures. Is it real?
• Possible scenarios for Belarus: more cruel regime surrounded by barbed wire or freedom and democracy in the near future?

January 20, 2020. Another program “B for Belarus” on PRIMUS radio. This time the major theme of the program is “Lawlessness. Legal and moral default of the Belarusian Leviathan”. We cover this theme with Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst.

• Law as a source of fraud, crime, injustice, discrimination and totalitarianism.
• Law as a tool to exploit people and keep them as serfs.
• Notion “Illegal law”
• What the notion “rule of law” means in Belarus.
• America is no longer an example to follow. Why we need common sense and good will to neutralize the Leviathan.

November 25, 2020. Another program “B for Belarus” on PRIMUS radio. This time the major theme of the program is “From the political crisis to the humanitarian catastrophe". We cover this theme with Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst. The word "Belarusian" is one of the four words of 2020 chosen by Oxford dictionary.

• Over 30.000 repressed in Belarus, about 150 political prisoners, massive assault on journalists, doctors, teachers and students.
• What does the regime resort to violence for such a long time? What does it want to achieve?
• Violence against women, old people, youth, the rich and the poor. The regime's brutal force and torturers as factors of Belarusian nation consolidation.
• Economic mentality of Belarusians. Are we ready for free market reforms and genuine capitalism?

October 14, 2020. Another program “B for Belarus” on PRIMUS radio. This time the major theme of the program is “Roots of Belarusian cruelty, tolerance and attitude to power. Why police are so brutal and merciless». We cover this theme with Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst.

• Unprecedented level of cruelty and repression in Belarus: since August 9 over 14,000 people were detained, about 1500 people were beaten and tortured, at least 5 persons were murdered. What are the roots of such police cruelty?
• In broad daylight a flower business owner in Minsk was severely beaten by policy and put behind bars. The way the authorities treat business: stay away from political and civic activism. Making money excludes being a citizen.
• Why are so many so-called ordinary people without education and severe deficit of culture support violence, torture and even murder?
• Constitution has nothing to do with the violence and brutality exercised by Belarusian police and special forces.
• One journalist called Belarusians “pink ponies” for the nature of the Belarusian protest. Will they turn into strong proud horses or obedient, subservient mice?

September 16, 2020. Another program “B for Belarus” on PRIMUS radio. This time the major theme of the program is “Belarusian revolution of order and dignity. We cover this theme with Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst.

• Deep conflict between A. Lukashenko and Belarusian society.
• Amazing Belarusians and obnoxious Belarusian Leviathan.
• European real politik and Putin’s attitude to Lukashenko.
• Belarusians before the revolution had much trust in the legal and judicial system of the country.
• Will Belarusians keep their interest in politics after their victory against the Liviathan?

July 22, 2020. Another program “B for Belarus” on PRIMUS radio. This time the major theme of the program is “Presidential election campaign in the authoritarian country”. We cover this theme with Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst.

• Peculiarities of the presidential election campaign 2020.
• Brutality of the police against ordinary people: when standing in lines, clapping hands and walking in downtown Minsk is evaluated is a law violation.
• A benevolent monarch or an evil tsar?
• Can Lukashenko lose?
• Teachers, doctors and trade unions in the presidential election campaign.
• The probability of violence and brutality after the date of elections (August 9) is very high.

July 2, 2020. Another program “B for Belarus” on PRIMUS radio. This time the major theme of the program is “Belarus ecological dander zone”. We cover this theme with Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst.

• Belarus in Environment Performance Index 2020 ranks 49th. The attitude of Belarusians to nature. Why do some many people pollute as if there is no tomorrow?
• The government and environment: dirty water in Minsk, polluting pulp plant in Svetlogorsk and a dangerous battery project in Brest. The three cases that demonstrate the way Belarusian authorities handle environment and manufacturing.
• Rule of law, transparency and accountability, independence of the judiciary as prerequisites of good environmental performance.
• Why Belarusians are neglectful about the environment.

May 27, 2020. Another program “B for Belarus” on PRIMUS radio. This time the major theme of the program is “Fighting coronavirus and the deepening multilevel crisis in the time of the presidential election campaign”. We cover this theme with Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst.

• Personal experience: how Vlad Baranich got COVID-19 and what he did about it;
• Professional doctors and medical stuff and the atmosphere of deep disbelief in official statistics on coronavirus.
• Change of attitude to COVID-19: before and after the disease.
• Belarusian in the state of constant pressure, tension and oppression. Losing hope, losing patience and getting much angrier.
• 77% of heads of district executive committees (local bodies of power) are occupied by graduates of agrarian universities. Not a single district is headed by a graduate of Belarusian State University.

April 16, 2020. Another program “B for Belarus” on PRIMUS radio. This time the major theme of the program is “Belarusians and “rainy day”. How they cope with a crisis. We cover this theme with Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst.

• Belarusians and “rainy day”. How they cope with the crisis. Is it different from the previous mode of behavior?
• Facing a crisis a Belarusian will more likely to double the volume of potato planted rather than take civic actions and demand the change of the government.
• Belarusian official statistics uses its own methodology on many issues including unemployment. Why the official unemployment number of 0.3% is a gross fake.
• Why do Belarusians ignore psychological aid from professionals preferring alcohol and escapism?
• The crisis generates more anger, envy and desire for sponging rather than solidarity, civic activism and responsible cooperation.