Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and Press Club Belarus invite you to the online presentation of the fifth (the second in 2023) edition of a quarterly report, the Belarus Change Tracker Belarus is going through the most turbulent period since its independence. The war in Ukraine, the still unresolved internal political crisis of 2020, persistent mass repressions, unprecedented foreign sanctions and international isolation have all merged into a “perfect storm” for the country. The situation poses many new challenges to researchers, making it increasingly difficult to identify sustainable and relatively long-term trends through the mists of a controlled information flow. To address this challenge, five Belarusian experts will produce a quarterly analytical report, the Belarus Change Tracker. They are: -Pavel Slunkin, visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations; -Artyom Shraibman, political analyst and founder of the Sense Analytics consultancy; -Philipp Bikanau, independent sociologist; -Henadz Korshunau, programme director of the Belarusian Academy and senior analyst at the Center for New Ideas; -Lev Lvovskiy, academic director at BEROC