Ina Studinskaya is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Belarus Service.
Belarus votes in parliamentary elections this weekend with a relatively high number of opposition candidates on the ballot. But few voters in Belarus, where President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has ruled unopposed for 25 years, seem to care.
Belarus calls same-sex relationships “fake” in response to Britain raising a rainbow flag outside its embassy in Minsk.
The economy of Belarus has been rocked over the last year by runaway inflation and two currency devaluations. Now it's the state media machine that's feeling the pinch.
