Information Policy

PandaDoc employees arrested in Belarus after founders protest against Lukashenko regime

Yesterday the four employees (pictured) of US-headquartered enterprise startup PandaDoc were arrested in Minsk by the Belarus police, in what appears to be an act of state-led retaliation, after the company’s founders joined protests against the 26 year-long regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko is widely believed by international observers to have rigged the country’s recent elections in his favor, preventing the election of opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Pro-Kremlin media misrepresent Belarusian opposition’s policy platform

An “anti-Russian” national security reform agenda that pro-Kremlin media linked to the opposition was never part of the opposition’s official platform

12 projects qualified for the Smart City Solutions competition!

The joint innovation competition Tallinnovation of the city of Tallinn and the science and business park Tehnopol was successfully completed. Twelve project ideas with the potential to make the city’s services and environment more convenient qualified for the competition. The size of the innovation fund this season was 50,000 euros.

The path to the square: the role of digital technologies in Belarus’ protests

Gregory Asmolov In the new information environment, state violence against hyperlocal dispersed protests is becoming less effective in suppressing them. As the situation in Belarus shows, violence is providing a new motivation for people to take to the streets.