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What happened on 18 November 2020 in the region?
Summary
A look back at two regional developments reported in the days before 18 November 2020: an archival find in Turkey and a call for sanctions over Belarus.
What was the region's news agenda as of 18 November 2020? Two reports from the preceding days stood out, one about history and one about politics.
On 14 November 2020, it was reported that original texts of the 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk had been found in an Ottoman archive in Turkey. The find also included the ratification instrument of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi.
On 17 November 2020, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on European leaders to impose sanctions on supporters of President Alexander Lukashenko. Her appeal followed reports that police had used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse protesters.
