Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.
The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...
He won Belarus's first democratic presidential election ... a referendum on making Russian an official language, changing the flag to resemble its Soviet-era design and giving him the right ...