27 March 2020

Armenia

• Chronology of the situation in Armenia, updated daily https://www.evnreport.com/raw-unfiltered/covid-19-updates-from-armenia

 Azerbaijan 

• President Aliyev’s Novruz hints that the authorities could use COVID to crackdown on civil society  https://www.azernews.az/nation/163147.html

Belarus

• Lukashenka’s Opponents Are Appalled By Lack Of COVID-19 Measures In Belarus https://www.rferl.org/a/psychosis-lukashenka-shrugs-opponents-are-appalled-by-lack-of-covid-19-measures-in-belarus/30506812.html

• Scammers are offering elderly residents in Minsk vaccinations for 250 roubles (RU) https://news.tut.by/society/678254.html 

• Crowdfunding to raise money to help social workers and the elderly (RU) https://imenamag.by/projects/corona-protection 

• Restaurants collecting money to cook for doctors  https://molamola.by/en/campaigns/2415?tab=about 

• Effect of Coronavirus on prisoners http://spring96.org/en/news/96293 

Ukraine

• Mutual Aid Networks Come to the Rescue During Coronavirus Quarantine in Ukraine https://en.hromadske.ua/posts/mutual-aid-networks-come-to-the-rescue-during-coronavirus-quarantine-in-ukraine

• Nice video story of the inventive ways people in Kharkiv are adapting https://www.rferl.org/a/ride-sharing-and-home-workouts-kharkiv-amid-coronavirus/30504692.html