Lukashenko's tentacles: Scams, phishing and threats to families

Phishing is one of the main digital threats and probably with the best results for criminals. According to recent information, phishing attempts increased by more than 26% last year. Attempts...

Lukashenko's tentacles: Scams, phishing and threats to families

How the Belarussian KGB has been targetting the diaspora in Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ In 2023, a scandal broke out when a Belarusian opposition activists signed up for a job to “research” the Belarusian opposition for a special EU commission that was supposedly investigating corruption. The job was posted in one of the oppositional chats and turned out to be a scam created by KGB to collect data. The scammed activist was even paid small sums for…

This 19 April marks the third anniversary of Aleksandr Lukashenko’s regime in Belarus’s intensification of its offensive against independent trade unions. Since then, more than a hundred trade unionists have been arrested, persecuted or forced into exile. Free trade union organizations have been outlawed or stifled by power. And, even more serious, in the 21st century, the right to organize and protest has been removed from the map. It is not ju…

The search for the missing Belarusian oppositionist continues. New reports have appeared in the media about Anzhalika Melnikava.

According to the organization, Belarusian security forces have increased pressure on journalists in the country and relatives of media representatives forced to work abroad. Mostly security officers came to places of registration of mediators.

Authoritarian meddling: the contrasting cases of Belarus and Moldova

The recent disappearance of exiled Belarusian activist Angelika Melnikova has prompted much discussion about the reach of the Belarusian and Russian secret services. In Moldova, the arrest of pro-Putin governor Evghenia Guțul illustrates the country's security worries as an election approaches.