{"id":42739,"date":"2022-06-28T12:35:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T09:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/belarusian-societys-polarization-reaches-unsafe-levels-amid-ukraine-war-sociologist\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"belarusian-societys-polarization-reaches-unsafe-levels-amid-ukraine-war-sociologist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/42739\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian society\u2019s polarization reaches unsafe levels amid Ukraine war \u2013 sociologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>June 28, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The war in Ukraine has \u201ceasily built into the equation of division and mutual rejection in Belarusian society,\u201d independent sociologist Filip Bikana\u016d said during an online presentation of the Belarus Change Tracker report on June 27.<\/p>\n<p> Commenting on the results of an opinion poll conducted in May 2022, Bikana\u016d noted that \u201cthe polarization between supporters and opponents of the authorities reaches unsafe values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> According to the expert, there are \u201cpreconditions for violent conflict\u201d as&nbsp;\u201cthe&nbsp;social distance between supporters and opponents of the authorities has increased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> He also pointed at an apparent correlation: \u201cAn opponent of Russia&#8217;s war in Ukraine is likely to be an opponent of the Belarusian regime. And, respectively, a supporter of the Russian army\u2019s actions would support [Alaksandr] \u0141uka\u0161enka.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, the sociologist noted that Belarusians are afraid to be involved in a full-scale war: \u201cThis is noticeable in the answers of neutral groups, which unite around the notion that Belarus has been kept from entering the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWhen \u0141uka\u0161enka sells the rhetoric that the country is resisting being drawn into war, these words fall on fertilized soil,\u201d Bikana\u016d said. \u201cThe picture of a terrible future works as an alternative universe, the one even worse than where people live now. Like, our well-being is lousy, but it could have been much worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The expert recalled that according to a Chatham House poll conducted in March 2022, 54 percent of those polled did not agree that Belarus should enter a full-scale war, while 25 percent found it difficult to answer. Only one in five supported the idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 28, BPN. The war in Ukraine has \u201ceasily built into the equation of division and mutual rejection in Belarusian society,\u201d independent sociologist Filip Bikana\u016d said during an online presentation of the Belarus Change Tracker report on June 27. Commenting on the results of an opinion poll conducted in May 2022, Bikana\u016d noted that \u201cthe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-42739","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian society\u2019s polarization reaches unsafe levels amid Ukraine war \u2013 sociologist | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 28, BPN. 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