Not sure if it's a trend already that some countries are trying to exert more control over their own names, but I noticed the same with Belarus a few years ago.

Not sure if it's a trend already that some countries are trying to exert more control over their own names, but I noticed the same with Belarus a few years ago. It used to be called "White Russia" in german, but at some point, the name vanished from both press articles and official publications and was replaced with Belarus. According to Wikipedia, there was a german government decision to change the official usage of the name, co-initiated by the Belarusian government. (This was before the war, so I assume the relations weren't yet as icy as they are today) https://dgo-online.org/informieren/aktuelles/belarusisch-deutsche-geschichtskommission-gegruendet/ https://dgo-online.org/informieren/aktuelles/belarusisch-deu... https://web.archive.org/web/20210924060241/https://geschichte-historyja.org/site/assets/files/1046/200715_pressemitteilung_geschichtskommission_by_de.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210924060241/https://geschicht... (in German)