Alex Znatkevich is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Belarus Service.
Belarusian artist Vladislav Bokhan has repeatedly pranked teachers in Russian schools through subversive campaigns mocking Kremlin propaganda. In his latest ruse, he made teachers pose in tinfoil hats, portrayed as a protection "against foreign enemies."
Bogoljub and Dragomir Karic, once close to Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic, present themselves as pioneers of capitalism in Eastern Europe and promoters of democracy. Yet they built their fortune cozying up to authoritarian figures -- and may face sanctions for ties to Alyaksandr Lukashenka of Belarus.
Canadian-American global thinker Steven Pinker uses statistics in his latest book to show how health, prosperity, peace, and happiness have vastly improved for most people in the world and living conditions continue to rise, despite media headlines that make it seem as though life is getting worse.
