Sofie Bedford

My guest commentary for in #StockholmBelarusConf. Do make sure you check out the other commentaries as well (or instead 😅). There is a really nice lineup of writers! sceeus.se/en/publication…

IRES Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies at @uppsalauni is looking for an early-career researcher for a two-year postdoctoral position in the social sciences, with documented area expertise on both Russia and Ukraine. Deadline: 20 December uu.se/om-uu/jobba-ho…

Happy: the production cycle is now complete and our Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Belarus is finally published!😺 Прыемнага чытання! @ALastouski @AlesiaRudnik @DrKulakevich @PavelKotau @katlozka @drmarples @sofiebedford @tanushka_ch @AndreiYeliseyeu routledge.com/Routledge-Hand…

Georgia 💔

See you there!!!!

BREAKING: President @Zourabichvili_S announces that she does not recognize the elections results and call the people to join her. Zurabishvili asks people to join the protest at Rustaveli tomorrow at 7PM. President tells the Georgian people that they won these elections, and nobody has the right to take that away from us. This was outright election fraud—a complete theft of votes, a Russian special operation, a new form of hybrid aggression by Russia. They deprived us of the right to elections; they stole the institution of elections, she said. More below.

@CanbackRasmus 👍 Skickar ett whatsapp så du har mitt nummer.

@sofiebedford Det ska nog gå :). Brukar kunna klämma in lite möten

I'm in Tbilisi. If anybody wants to grab a coffee today, then I'm up for it!

@HansGutbrod @GeorgianDream41 Funny we seemingly walked the same route 😉

Crowd is booing the @GeorgianDream41 supporters office (located in what until recently was a restaurant owned by ultra-corrupt ruling clan of #Nakhichevan ) #Rustaveli #Tbilisi

@Per_E_Research Wow grattis!!!!!

I am very much looking forward to defending my dissertation "Foreign Policy After Empire: Explaining Georgia’s and Ukraine’s International Orientation from Independence until 2021" next Friday.

@cavidaga @DouglasMattsson I think you will find his research interesting: sh.academia.edu/DouglasMattsson

@sofiebedford @DouglasMattsson Not really

I studied Norwegian to understand black metal.

⚠️Today the early parliamentary elections are held in #Azerbaijan . ⚡️As previously, we will follow the elections through cameras which were installed to polling stations by the CEC. 📌Keep following us, we will update you regarding the elections throughout day. 🔸The first issue that found - cameras in several polling stations in Nakhchivan do not work #Elections2024

Expectations ahead of parliamentary election in #Azerbaijan are grim: Interview with an independent candidate "People are aware that life in villages and beyond is harder, but during the campaign I realized just how much worse things were." globalvoices.org/2024/08/21/exp…

Few doubt the results of Azerbaijan’s parliamentary elections, due to held on 1 September. But despite this, some independent candidates are still trying to challenge the system.oc-media.org/features/chall…

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Horrible news.

Azerbaijani researcher Bahruz Samadov has reportedly been detained in Baku on drug possession charges. Samadov has been an outspoken critic of the government. oc-media.org/azerbaijani-re…

Surreal life: today I was sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia along with 19 other people. This is how the Belarusian regime keeps putting pressure on independent experts, analysts and researchers.

Diplomatic scandal between #Armenia and #Belarus, with both ambassadors having been recalled and Pashinyan saying no Armenian official would travel to Belarus under Lukashenka. 1/