The Warwick Ukraine-Belarus Hub is delighted to partner with Skaryna Press on a new book project. The book, a collection of essays written by Belarusian students, recounts their experiences of imprisonment during the 2020 protests. Touching and horrifying in equal measure, the essays of these young, educated Belarusians make for essential reading; they were punished because they believe in a better future for their country. The volume, curated by Victor Shadurski (formerly of the Belarusian State University), is currently in preparation with publication expected towards the end of the year.

The Warwick Ukraine-Belarus Hub convened a webinar under the title 'Elections without Peace and Democracy'. The panellists were: Francesca Cardona, from the European External Action Service; Evgen Mahda, director of the Institute for World Politics (Ukraine); Philipp Bikanau, an independent sociologist; and Alexander Shlyk, special adviser on elections to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. A policy paper based on the webinar event will be published in due course.

The Warwick Ukraine-Belarus Hub convened the first in its new webinar series. The panellists were: MEP Juozas Olekas, chair of the European Parliament's delegation to Belarus; Valery Kavaleuski, representative for foreign affairs in the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus; Pavel Slunkin, a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations; and Lydia Stone, team leader on Belarus and Moldova at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. A policy paper based on the webinar event will be published in due course.