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Don’t get fooled by Lukashenko

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By Olga Rudenko 
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Members of the Belarusian diaspora, many displaying white-red-white opposition flags, gather at Krakow's Market Square for the Day of Solidarity with Belarus rally, on Augю 9, 2024, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Lukashenko’s approach is deeply cynical and purely pragmatic. He is trying to get sanctions lifted, escape international isolation, and regain a sense of legitimacy.
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'We want justice and his body' — Months after Brazilian recruit's death in Kyiv, his mother pleads body to be returned home

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By Olga Rudenko 
| Yahoo
The mother of Bruno Gabriel Leal da Silva, a 23-year-old Brazilian recruit whose death at a Kyiv military base in December 2025 is being investigated by police, is pleading for his body to be returned home to Brazil. Leal da Silva died overnight on Dec. 28-29, 2025, after a group of soldiers in positions of authority took him from the sleeping area to a small room and began beating him, former fellow fighters told the Kyiv Independent in a February investigation.
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Today we start a new chapter

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By Olga Rudenko 
| Yahoo
This is Olga Rudenko, editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Independent. I’m here to invite you to share something special with us, with me. I can hardly believe I’m writing these words: On Nov. 11, 2025, we celebrated the fourth birthday of the Kyiv Independent. What were the odds of this happening? Slim, to put it mildly. Four years ago on this day, we took a brave step — and a stupidly naive one for that matter — to start the Kyiv Independent.
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