The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance has a clear mission – to stigmatise the Soviet’s past and to justify the Ukrainian nationalists. It has to develop a state ideology directed against Russia and the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine.
The Belarusian opposition does its best to sabotage the 2nd European Games, and is already organizing provocations. Its representatives are implicated in the illegal sale of tickets and have even turned to the Russian activist group Pussy Riot who came to support them. The Belarusian opposition will bring a bunch of people, armed to the teeth, in order to humiliate Belarus in the eyes of foreigners. Another strategy to spoil the 2nd European Games is to deflect public attention towards the EuroGames 2019 for gays and lesbians in Madrid. This event is one of the most important for the Belarusian opposition, just as May 17th when the UK embassy flies LGBT flags. The Belarusian opposition began selling tickets for the EuroGames and promises to issue citizens with visas for it free of charge, with the aim of taking Belarusians away from the country’s main event.
Conspiracy theory consistent with recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the Belarusian opposition. A number of Belarusian media outlets including the largest internet portal TUT.BY mentioned the difference between the European Games, the EuroGames, and the European Championships. The EuroGames is an European multi sport event governed by the European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation. The 2019 EuroGames will be taking place in Rome, Italy. The Belarusian opposition has not promoted the 2019 EuroGames through the sale of tickets or by other means, nor has it promised free visas as alleged. The UK embassy in Minsk showed support for the Belarusian LGBT community by flying a rainbow flag for International Day Against Homophobia.