2022 in Belarus

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Events of the year2022inBelarus.

Incumbents

• President–Alexander Lukashenko
• Prime Minister–Roman Golovchenko

Events

Ongoing –COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus

January

• 27 January –2021–2022 Belarus–European Union border crisis:Polandbegins the construction of ametalwallalong theBelarus–Poland border.

February

• 10 February – Belarus begins aseriesofjoint military exerciseswith theRussian Armed Forces.
• 24 February –2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine:Tanks are sighted rolling into Ukraine from Belarus near theSenkivkacheckpoint.
• 27 February – The2022 Belarusian constitutional referendumis held.

March

• 1 March – TheUnited Kingdomplaceseconomic sanctionson Belarus.
• 5 March:
  • 2021–2022 Belarus–European Union border crisis:Security forces launch a raid on a migrant camp inBruzgi,Grodno Region,expelling large amounts of migrants.
  • 2022 Belarusian Super Cup
• 9 March – TheKastuś Kalinoŭski Battalionis formed.
• 11 March:
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine:Ukrainian forces allegedly shell the Belarusian village ofKopani.Ukraine denies that it was responsible for the incident, which it says was afalse flag operationbyRussiato bring Belarus into the war.
  • And now I will show you where the attack on Belarus was prepared from
• 17 March –Polish Land ForcesdefectorEmil Czeczkois found dead in his apartment inMinsk.

May

• 4 May – Belarus holds large-scalemilitary drillsin order to "evaluate the readiness and ability of troops to react rapidly to a possible crisis."
• 6 May – Sofia Sapega, the girlfriend of Belarusian activistRoman Protasevich,with whom she was detained whentheir flightwas diverted by theBelarusian Air Forcelast year, is sentenced to six years in prison for "inciting social hatred". The exiledBelarusian oppositioncondemns the verdict.

June

• 1 June –Taiwanimposes an export ban of all modern computer chips toRussiaandBelarus,as well as any technology and equipment used to manufacture them.
• 9 June –Polanddecides to lift itsstate of emergencyover attempts by migrants to cross theBelarus–Poland border,saying that theborder barrierit has been building is mostly complete.
• 14 June – TheUnited States Tennis Associationsays that tennis players fromRussiaandBelaruswill be allowed to compete at theupcoming US Opentournament despite the ongoinginvasion of Ukraine,which is expected to be held in New York afterWimbledon banned themfrom doing so.
• 23 June –U.S.sportswearretailerNikeand networking firmCiscoannounce that they are permanently ending their operations in Russia andBelarus.
• 25 June – Russia launches dozens ofcruise missilesat targets in multiple Ukrainian cities, includingYavoriv,Zhytomyr,andDesna.At least 20 missiles were fired fromBelarusianairspace.

July

• 2 July –Belarusian PresidentAlexander Lukashenkoclaims that his country intercepted Ukrainian missiles directed atBelarusthree days ago and says that Belarus "does not want war withUkraine".
• 25 July – It is reported that more than 6.5 million people inBelarushave received their first dose of theCOVID-19 vaccine.
• 28 July –Russian forcesinBelaruslaunch 25ballistic missilesinto northern Ukraine.

August

• 3 August –Belarusianjournalist Iryna Slaunikava is sentenced to five years in prison amidst a government crackdown on the media followingproteststhat occurred after the2020 Belarusian presidential election.

October

• 6 October –Belarusian presidentAlexander Lukashenkobans price increases as part of an effort to reduceinflationin the country.
• 7 October –BelarusianactivistAles Bialiatski,theRussianhuman rightssocietyMemorialand the Ukrainianhuman rights organizationThe Center for Civil Libertiesare awarded theNobel Peace Prize.
• 10 October –Polandadvises its citizens to leaveBelarusby "commercial or private means" amid deteriorating relations between the two countries.
• 11 October – Thousands ofRussian troopsenterBelarusby the "trainload" asUkrainian PresidentVolodymyr ZelenskyywarnsG7nations thatRussiais planning on launching another offensive againstKyivwith direct Belarusian involvement. The troop movements come a day afterBelarusian PresidentAlexander LukashenkoaccusedUkraineof planning to launch an attack on the country.
• 19 October –Belarussays that it is unable to pay off its debt because ofinternational sanctions imposeddue to its role in theRusso-Ukrainian War.

December

• 7 December –Belarusianlawmakers approve a bill which punisheshigh treasonamong officials and military personnel with thedeath penalty.The bill also includes prosecution for "spreading false information discrediting theArmed Forces of Belarus".

Deaths

• 3 January –Adam Maldzis,historian
• 5 January –Alyaksandr Fyedarovich,footballer
• 12 January –Eduard Vaytsyakhovich,politician
• 19 January –Anatoly Malofeyev,politician
• 5 February –Ernst Sabila,Protestant religious leader
• 24 February –Dmitry Debelka,Olympic wrestler
• 5 April –Yefrem Sokolov,politician
• 2 May –Vitali Dzerbianiou,Olympic weightlifter
• 4 May –Stanislav Shushkevich,first head of state of Independent Belarus
• 26 May –Jan Zaprudnik,historian
• 9 August –Mikalay Slyonkow,politician
• 16 October –Helen Michaluk,activist
• 23 October –Gennadiy Muromtsev,sculptor
• 24 October –Vladimir Kulakov,politician
• 14 November –Aleksandr Sloboda,politician

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
• 2022 in Europe