# Can someone point me to a good source for the most up to date news regarding Belarus?

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**Created:** [August 25, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-point-me-to-a-good-source-for-the-most-up-to-date-news-regarding-belarus/919011 "2020-08-25T20:31:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-point-me-to-a-good-source-for-the-most-up-to-date-news-regarding-belarus/919011/1 "2020-08-25T20:31:52Z")

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I’ve tried google and twitter, but I can’t find much news since Sunday.

The last I heard the military was going to respond on Monday if the protests didn’t stop.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-point-me-to-a-good-source-for-the-most-up-to-date-news-regarding-belarus/919011/2 "2020-08-25T23:29:56Z")

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Try BBC. Plenty of coverage, front page on their site.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-point-me-to-a-good-source-for-the-most-up-to-date-news-regarding-belarus/919011/3 "2020-08-26T04:37:23Z")

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You could also try the Guardian:

[https://www.theguardian.com/world/belarus](https://www.theguardian.com/world/belarus)

[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/shaun-walker](https://www.theguardian.com/profile/shaun-walker)

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-point-me-to-a-good-source-for-the-most-up-to-date-news-regarding-belarus/919011/4 "2020-08-26T20:14:52Z")

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False hope, unless you [read Russian](https://www.thepaperboy.com/belarus/newspapers/country.cfm).  
Paperboy is usually a pretty good source when you’re looking for news from other countries: [https://www.thepaperboy.com/newspapers-by-country.cfm](https://www.thepaperboy.com/newspapers-by-country.cfm)