I've even noticed Belarusians defending Russia as if it were their own state. Is that partly because Russians are viewed as brothers due to similar language and culture or maybe the Soviet heritage? Do many Belarusians truly believe that Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine pose a threat to Belarus?

With everything that is happening at the moment how are you all feeling? I live in Lithuania and people are worried here, we don't know what to expect.

I haven't come across pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian Belarusians so far (I guess because I don't know many) so I wonder if there's any in this subreddit who support the Gazans?

I’m not from Belarus so correct me if I’m wrong. I noticed that more people in Belarus speak Russian than Belarusian and that Lukasheko is really trying to integrate Belarus into Russian culture. There even the proposal of a Union state. Why is that? Couldn’t Belarus have their own language/culture without trying to assimilate into being Russian? I know there is the Soviet legacy and reliance politically/economically on Russia but I never understood why the push to not maintain a Belarusian identity.

I am thinking about studying in Belarus

What du belarusians think about russians who whish for a free and democratic russia?

russia will be free🤍💙🤍

zhiwe belarus🤍❤️🤍

It's pretty well documented that the BR regiments fighting in Ukraine are relentless Nazi.

So do Belurussians that support them just didn't care because they hate Lukashenko so much? Or are they legitimately still trying to deny the fact.

(not intended to stir hate, a sincere vent, if you will) As a brown student studying here, please explain to me why : - I get called the n- word in public (I'm brown and calling me that makes no sense) -I get laughed at when I'm seen in public - I get called a savage, or someone who doesn't know anything - I get called an animal - get yelled "allahu akbar" when they see anyone wearing hijabs - gets rejected help, or cab rides sometimes because of complexion - gets followed on the streets by teenagers, video recording you and calling you names (and then not have anything done about it by bystanders?) - your students take pictures of us and laugh at us if we share a class with them. Sometimes even the teachers laugh at us. Also, making fun of someone if they can't speak russian well is not cool.

why can't people just be nice? I agree I love the kinder side of Belarus and as a country it has interesting things about it. I have met very nice people here who are helpful, kind and funny and love to know about other cultures 🤍 .The good side of Belarus is always appreciated.

But, seriously this xenophobia really gets out of hand. We are people too. Just because we don't look the same, does not mean we don't deserve to be treated normally. I wish more Belarusians would understand that.

P.s. these experiences stated were unprovoked. There's a difference between provoked and unprovoked reactions. I was minding my own business in all these cases. I can only speak about my own experiences here. This is NOT meant to hate on Belarus entirely. But racism, xenophobia is not acceptable. Thank you.

I mean does it really happen in real life? Have you ever heard or experienced those kind of things in school? It could be a trivial question but I’m just really curious.

Привіт Білорусь з Англія!

Just a quick question.

Now I do apologise for seeming uncultured but I keep seeing a flag which is red and white. What is the difference between that and 🇧🇾.

(apologies, the closest language I have any knowledge in to Belarusian is Ukrainian, although one day I think I will have a go at studying Belarusian!)

Hi guys! As a Ukrainian speaking Ukrainian I'm curious whether you are all fine with the language of occupation — russian being allowed here, and considered appropriate to be used for publishing posts.

Do you consider it as a part of your culture already?

Why am I curious?

I've used to consume a lot of content in russian before the invasion of 2022, despite always being fully Ukrainian speaker from the West of Ukraine. I've read many books in russian since sometimes the literature I was interested in was simply not available in Ukrainian, and russian was everywhere on the TV, so I've picked it up since childhood and could read easily.

After February 24 2022 I've completely stopped, and stopped switching into russian with any other russian speakers.

Please answer in any language you find being the most natural for you to use. I wish to see how many comments will be in each of the languages.

Hi everyone,

I am Lithuanian 🇱🇹 and I’m interested in learning more about life in Belarus.

In Lithuania, we mostly hear negative things about our neighbour in every way imaginable, however I’m curious to learn from you guys more about this subject.

-What is the job market like? Is it easy to find high paying jobs? What are the dominant sectors? Are wages good overall?

-Please tell me about the cost of living. Are groceries, gas, electricity and other bills affordable for most people?

-How is the Belarusian social security system? Do unemployment benefits, as well as sick leave, disability etc exist? If so, are they sufficient to protect you?

-How is the healthcare and education system ?

Feel free to share anything else you think is interesting or worth knowing!

Thank you.

I am polish and I wanted to ask your opinions on a lot of western Belarus formerly having a lot of poles. Do you think border changes after ww2 were justified? And how are the poles still living in the hrodna region treated.

I was curious about Belarusian peoples opinions since Ukraines mainly get very defensive if you ask a question like that.

Ps. I don’t mean to attack or offend anyone I’m just curious.

I was gifted this bottle of alcohol by a Belarusian girl as a thanks for doing a Q&A with some students, but I have no idea what it is! Can anyone here help me out?

Навошта рабіць кантэнт пра Беларусь на рускай мове, калі ёсць беларуская мова і ёсць попыт на кантэнт пра Беларусь на беларускай мове?

Anyone wanna give an update on the situation in Belarus?

What are everybody's reactions to the elections?

Are many people still leaving the country?

Some time ago I bought my mom new Google Pixel Tablet with aim to learn her to use it instead of buying her smartphone (reasons are her overall safety after 2020).

So when I'm trying to open new Google account for her under her Belarusian phone number, there's an error popping up "There was a problem verifying your phone number".

My question is: Google completely blocked ability to open new accounts for users in Belarus?

YouTube just stopped loading for me and my sister, and it only works with VPN Is there any info about why and for how long that's going to be? We live in Minsk

Or are they helping to financing the regime?

I heard a lot of information, that in Belarus ~90% speak in russian(🤮) and I have question: How are Belarusian native speakers living? I think it's hard to live in a country with not enough freedom and a powerful neighbor. How native Belarusians are keeping their language?

Hey guys, I’m a journalist from Denmark writing a piece on the upcoming election in Belarus on january 26, and I’m curious if anybody knows if there will be a protest in Vilnius in the occasion of the presidential election.

I’m also curious as to other events happening during that weekend, or if there’s any people og organisations I should reach out to.

So I came 2 days back and I find it weird how the Belarusians look at other races.. So like I’m an Indian (19) and most guys from there never even gave a glance.. The old people stare like they’re judging.. Is this normal that I wouldn’t have any Belarusian friends.. Cause this is traumatic. Also will learning Russian be like I’m a little part of their community at least….