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#12944360

3 November 2025

A view is seen of the city central square in this file photo taken on 23 August, 2025 in Bialystok, Poland. Authorities in the city, located approximately 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the Belarusian border, are establishing a network of dispersed protective centers--a strategy informed by Ukraine's civil defense experience--to provide aid and shelter to residents in the event of a military crisis.

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#12944361

3 November 2025

A view is seen of the city central square in this file photo taken on 23 August, 2025 in Bialystok, Poland. Authorities in the city, located approximately 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the Belarusian border, are establishing a network of dispersed protective centers--a strategy informed by Ukraine's civil defense experience--to provide aid and shelter to residents in the event of a military crisis.

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#12944359

3 November 2025

A view is seen of the city central square in this file photo taken on 23 August, 2025 in Bialystok, Poland. Authorities in the city, located approximately 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the Belarusian border, are establishing a network of dispersed protective centers--a strategy informed by Ukraine's civil defense experience--to provide aid and shelter to residents in the event of a military crisis.

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#12517173

29 June 2025

Siarhei Tsikhanouski is seen giving a speech in Warsaw, Poland on 26 June, 2025. Several days earlier Tshikhanouski was released by Belarusian authorities after having spent five years in solitary confinement on political charges.

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#12517174

29 June 2025

Siarhei Tsikhanouski is seen giving a speech in Warsaw, Poland on 26 June, 2025. Several days earlier Tshikhanouski was released by Belarusian authorities after having spent five years in solitary confinement on political charges.

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#12517175

29 June 2025

Siarhei Tsikhanouski is seen giving a speech in Warsaw, Poland on 26 June, 2025. Several days earlier Tshikhanouski was released by Belarusian authorities after having spent five years in solitary confinement on political charges.

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#12517176

29 June 2025

Siarhei Tsikhanouski is seen giving a speech in Warsaw, Poland on 26 June, 2025. Several days earlier Tshikhanouski was released by Belarusian authorities after having spent five years in solitary confinement on political charges.

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29 June 2025

Siarhei Tsikhanouski is seen giving a speech in Warsaw, Poland on 26 June, 2025. Several days earlier Tshikhanouski was released by Belarusian authorities after having spent five years in solitary confinement on political charges.

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#11259253

21 May 2024

Daria, a women who has been detained by Belarusian authorities for over two years shows a replica badge worn a penal colony in Warsaw, Poland on 19 May, 2024. Belarus has nearly 1500 prisoners of conscience or politicial prisoners according to the Viasna Centre for Human Rights.

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#11259252

21 May 2024

Daria, a women who has been detained by Belarusian authorities for over two years shows a replica badge worn a penal colony in Warsaw, Poland on 19 May, 2024. Belarus has nearly 1500 prisoners of conscience or politicial prisoners according to the Viasna Centre for Human Rights.

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#11255287

19 May 2024

Daria, a former prisoner of conscience who recently moved to Poland is seen posing with her portrait at a demonstration in support of Belarusian prisoners of conscience in Warsaw, Poland on 18 May, 2024. Daria had been imprisoned for two and a half years by Belarusian authorities after she took part in rallies opposing the regime of president Alexander Lukashenko. As of May 2024 nearly 1500 political prisonsers of prisoners of conscience are being held on politicially motivated charges according to the Viasna human rights center.

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#10772576

10 November 2023

The new head, appointed by the Russian Patriarch - Archpriest Vladimir Tishchuk, served a prayer together with the three Bulgarian priests appointed by His Holiness the Bulgarian in the Church of St. Nicholas Mirlikiyski in Sofia, also known as the Russian Church in Sofia, Bulgaria on 11 November 2023. The Russian ambassador in Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova was also present at the church service. The Church was closed after Bulgarian authorities expelled the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia, Archimandrite Vasian, and two Belarusian priests and accused them of serving Russia's geopolitical interests.

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#10772577

10 November 2023

The new head, appointed by the Russian Patriarch - Archpriest Vladimir Tishchuk, served a prayer together with the three Bulgarian priests appointed by His Holiness the Bulgarian in the Church of St. Nicholas Mirlikiyski in Sofia, also known as the Russian Church in Sofia, Bulgaria on 11 November 2023. The Russian ambassador in Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova was also present at the church service. The Church was closed after Bulgarian authorities expelled the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia, Archimandrite Vasian, and two Belarusian priests and accused them of serving Russia's geopolitical interests.

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10 November 2023

The new head, appointed by the Russian Patriarch - Archpriest Vladimir Tishchuk, served a prayer together with the three Bulgarian priests appointed by His Holiness the Bulgarian in the Church of St. Nicholas Mirlikiyski in Sofia, also known as the Russian Church in Sofia, Bulgaria on 11 November 2023. The Russian ambassador in Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova was also present at the church service. The Church was closed after Bulgarian authorities expelled the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia, Archimandrite Vasian, and two Belarusian priests and accused them of serving Russia's geopolitical interests.

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#10772579

10 November 2023

The new head, appointed by the Russian Patriarch - Archpriest Vladimir Tishchuk, served a prayer together with the three Bulgarian priests appointed by His Holiness the Bulgarian in the Church of St. Nicholas Mirlikiyski in Sofia, also known as the Russian Church in Sofia, Bulgaria on 11 November 2023. The Russian ambassador in Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova was also present at the church service. The Church was closed after Bulgarian authorities expelled the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia, Archimandrite Vasian, and two Belarusian priests and accused them of serving Russia's geopolitical interests.

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#10772580

10 November 2023

The Russian ambassador in Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova in front of Church of St. Nicholas Mirlikiyski in Sofia after Church service, also known as the Russian Church in Sofia, Bulgaria on 11 November 2023. at the church service. The Church was closed after Bulgarian authorities expelled the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia, Archimandrite Vasian, and two Belarusian priests and accused them of serving Russia's geopolitical interests.

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