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Demirov: Belarus' GDP Showed 1.3% Decline In The First Four Months Of 2020

20 november 2020
Belarus Today
Systemic crises, or demand crises, as in other cyclical crises, encounter such phenomena when all assets and markets fall at the same time. That is, there is a general fall and a period of decline, then comes a gradual activity revitalization activity and an ascending trend. But at this stage, things are somewhat different: some markets are falling, while others are continuing to grow...

The Cynical Side Of The «Soft Power»

02 november 2020
Belarus Today
The degree of instability around the globe is only increasing. Of no exception is the post-Soviet space as evidenced by the events emerging in the Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. Against this background, Belarus has every chance to break this trend, since there is a consolidated support for the President by all the centers of power: including the power bloc, the media resour...

losses of Belarus in case of the exit from the EAEU could reach a quarter of GDP

20 august 2020
BELTA
Losses of Belarus in case of the exit from the EAEU could reach a quarter of GDP. Analyst of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research Vitaly Demirov spoke about it to BELTA. "Taking into account the direct and indirect aspects of trade and economic impacts of Belarus and the EAEU, the effect of co-operation is about half of the current GDP. I would predict that the losses that...

Who and why needed to turn Telegram-channels into information weapons?

21 july 2020
Belarus Segodnya
It is a pity that young people are being used by curators as food for powder through anonymous Telegram-channels, while sitting in soft chairs somewhere abroad. Criminal cases are being initiated and violators are being detained. The closer the presidential elections are, the more actively destructive messengers are calling for rioting in the streets, replicating hoaxes, spewing threa...

Types of fake news, population protection against distorted facts, the role of state bodies and jour...

08 april 2020
Belarus Segodnya
Digital analysts have already attributed the spread of fakes and deepfakes to the most significant cyber threats this year. According to various estimates, even today up to 60 percent of the world Internet traffic is provided by artificial programs, including the spread of various rumours and fake news. At a February meeting with the heads of the leading state media, the President com...

Competent tuesday: specialists – on ways to ensure information security in the light of development ...

03 march 2020
Belarus Segodnya
An abundance of false or inaccurate information is becoming a worldwide evil. Providers are sounding the alarm: up to 60 percent of the world Internet traffic is provided by bots – artificial programs involved in the distribution of fakes. It is becoming more and more obvious that the situation requires a solution. But which one? This January, Minister of Information Aleksandr Karlyuk...

Know more of the new types of fakes on the internet. Attention: deep fakes!

22 january 2020
Belarus Segodnya
Do you still believe in what you see? Politicians getting drunk and swearing. Businesspersons confessing to have committed crimes, actors "gluing on" other people's faces and doing strange things. The Internet is full of videos of celebrities behaving in an unusual way. However, none of them is true. Deep fake is when a person's appearance and voice are changed in a real video using ...