Professor Korosteleva and Dr Hansbury represented the WUB-hub on 28 August at the Foreign Office London when briefing a new Head of Mission appointed for Belarus. During the roundtable inter alia the issues of democratic political structures, foreign policy, and civil society developments were discussed.

Professor Korosteleva was invited by the COE Secretariat to speak at the PACE COE conference 'Luxembourg Solutions' on the future of Belarus. The focus of this session was to develop recommendations based on the report produced by Paul Galles (Luxemburg Epp/CD) in 2023, which resolution was adopted by the PACE in 2024. This report and its discussions should lay foundations for the actions by the COE member states - national parliaments - in relation to Belarus, including on the issues of visa and consular protection; political prisoners and refugees; identity preservation, education and employment access for the displaced Belarusians residing in Europe. For more information visit here.

The Warwick Ukraine-Belarus Hub convened its webinar 'Economies Under Siege, Paths for Reconstruction'. The speakers were: Ivan Us, Chief Consultant with the National Institute for Strategic Studies (Ukraine); Nigel Gould-Davies, Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (UK); Lev Lvovskiy, Academic Director, BEROC; and Tatiana Termacic, Head of the Secretariat of the Committee on Migration, Refugees, and Displaced Persons, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Recordings of all webinars in the series are available on our website here.

The talk will focus on the post-war Soviet famine with a special focus on what was occurring in Moldovan and Ukrainian SSR. It will be of relevance to all those who are interested in history, politics, geography and sustainable futures, of the post-Soviet space and beyond. The talk is happening on 7 May at 11-13.00 in R0.14 (Ramphal) - everyone is welcome! Alternatively you can join via teams.