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Russification, Putin essay cited as threats to Belarusian identity at U.S. Helsinki Commission hearing
Summary
An unidentified witness told the U.S. Helsinki Commission that Vladimir Putin’s 2021 essay and long-standing Russification policies threaten Belarusian nationhood, citing a fall in Belarusian-language identification and underground efforts to revive the language since 2020.
An unidentified witness at a hearing of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe said Vladimir Putin’s 2021 essay questioned the nationhood of both Ukraine and Belarus and could be used to justify pressure on Belarus.
"The Russians are saying that Belarusians are our brothers. Right? So that's, I think, the, ambition that Putin also has. They neither consider Ukraine deserving its neigh nationhood nor Belarus," the witness said, referring to the essay published by Putin before Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The witness told…
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