United Transitional Cabinet
The United Transitional Cabinet is an alternative government for Belarus that was formed in August 2022. Creation Following disputed 2020 Belarusian presidential election, opposition forces, led by presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya formed a Coordination Council to facilitate a transition to democracy in the country. Tsikhanouskaya and several other members of the council were forced to leave Belarus or were placed under arrest during protests that broke out following the election. The United Transitional Cabinet was formed on 9 August 2022 during a two-day conference in Vilnius after members of the Belarusian opposition requested Tsikhanouskaya to form "a united interim government". Aims and guidelines The stated aims of the United Transitional Cabinet are as follows: *"Defend the independence and sovereignty of the Republic of Belarus, represent the national interests of Belarus." *"Carry out the de facto de-occupation of Belarus." *"Restore constitutional leg ...
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Flag Of Belarus (1918, 1991–1995)
The national flag of Belarus is a red-and-green flag with a white-and-red Ornament (art), ornament pattern placed at the Glossary of vexillology#Flag elements, hoist (staff) end. The current design was introduced in 2012 by the State Committee for Standardisation of the Republic of Belarus, and is adapted from a design approved in a 1995 Belarusian referendum, May 1995 referendum. It is a modification of the flag of the Byelorussian SSR, 1951 flag used while Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, the country was a republic of the Soviet Union. Changes made to the Soviet-era flag were the removal of communism, communist symbols – the hammer and sickle and the red star – as well as the reversal of the colours in the ornament pattern. Since the 1995 referendum, several flags used by Belarusian government officials and agencies have been modelled on this national flag. Historically, the white-red-white flag was used by the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918 before Belarus be ...
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