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Vladimir Kumets
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kumets ( be, Уладзімір Уладзіміравіч Кумец) is a Belarusian dissident and political activist. In September 2011 he was recruited by the KGB against his will and forced to leave Belarus. He is a press secretary for the ''Revolution Through Social Networks'' civil campaign and a Deputy Chairman of the ''Integration Bridge'' foundation in Poland. Early activism From 2008 to 2009 Kumets was a member of the ''European Belarus'' civil campaign. In September 2009 he became the Deputy Chairman of the ''Future Movement'' association. In the 2010 2010 Belarusian presidential election, Belarus presidential election he ran Uladzimir Nyaklyayew’s campaign in the Lyeninski District, and was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Minsk City Council. The results were apparently falsified. Expulsion Kumets studied at the Linguistic Gymnasium 14 in Minsk, in the International Relations Department of the International Humanitarian-Economic Inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblast) and Minsk District (raion). As of January 2021, its population was 2 million, making Minsk the 11th most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). First documented in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of the Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of a region annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1919 to 1991, aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
