Listening Post - Belarus Media Special - 18 July 08 - Part 1

Listening Post travels to Belarus - a country trying to shed its Soviet era image but one that keeps a Soviet-like control over its media.

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• alexander
• lukashenko
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[rezvack]

I hope there will be no 'orange' 'red' or alike revolution in belarus and Belarussians will be given a rare chance to actually decide for themselves. I hope the US will never be able to use this peaceloving people as just another strategy of hostile encirclement of Russia by Western powers. Just leave Belarus out of all of this nonsense, let the country develop into even greater nation. Love Belarus.

[slavixtube]

Rumsfeld did not want any uncontrolled coverage of Iraq, so any independent news was 'aiding the enemy', but in this video Aljazeera does seem to be pandering to western elites, in amplifying the meme often spread in the western media about belorussia being 'last dictatorship of europe', which is a falsehood and part of deliberate propaganda campain against any country that dares to be independent of Washington's control.

[UAPLNL]

And the fucking uSA is last dictatorship of the world. Its almost to be financially finished for ever! Fortunately! China will screw you very well!

[GvardiyaBY]

Гэта прапаганда...

[Petterk00]

I believe the gas for them is now at about 150 dollar per 1000 cubic meters of gas, but it was up at 210. (The world price has gone down to less then half lately). Cheaper then for Ukraine that still pays below market value but certainly not free considering it's pretty much it's only energy source (together with oil). It's still much higher then the domestic price in Russia. All former block countries has below market prices including the baltic states despite NATO membership.

[Roman63rus]

The western ugly creatures!!!! Not to touch Belarus!! You never will destroy communism, swine you!! The western reptiles!!! You have destroyed USSR The western ugly creatures!!!! Идите на хуй со своей дерьмократией и свободой!!!

[maktabak]

freedom to Ukraine and Georgia all American spys to prison

[inbrooklyn2008]

It's also factually wrong to assert Lukashenko has been the only ruler of Belarus since it's independence from the Soviet Union. Nice media work.

[inbrooklyn2008]

Haha. "This is what the United States considers the last dictatorship in Europe..." (Horror film soundtrack in the background.)

The two-party corporate-driven United States isn't much of a model on that note. (Did the people make the decision to invade Iraq? Or do they, once in 4 years, decide between two choices fielded by the elites?)

[Goodbyeluka]

See the mentioned documentary 'Kalinovski Square' here on Youtube. It's a banned documentary in Belarus, but very funny. Just click at my profile to see it.

I have also uploaded another Polish documentary from Belarus 'A lesson of Belarusian'. Just click at my profile to see them.