Could someone please tell me what "жэстачайшэ" means? I ran across it on some anti-Lukashenko propaganda, and although I get a ton of google hits on it, I can't figure out what it means from context. (Other than that it's not complimentary and seems particularly related to Belarus.)

Uladzia (rydel23) was buried today in Minsk. He died on May 25 after 11-month coma ( Read more... )

I regret to reform you all that rydel23 (name: Ўладзімер Каткоўскі / Ŭładzimir Katkoŭski) has passed away today at the age of 30 in Prague, following a year-long coma (details here). He will be buried in Minsk in his native Belarus.

His obituary is available here. (It's in Belarusian, so if anyone could translate that would be great ( Read more... )