Thousands of people gather for a protest in Independence Square. Demonstrators take to the streets in the Belarusian capital and other cities and remain pressured to oust President Lukashenko. Ulf Mauder | picture alliance via Getty Images Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Belarus’ capital Minsk over the weekend, …
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iIt would be reassuring to think that if Russia entered the military militarily in Belarus – as it did in Ukraine and Georgia – the EU, the US and NATO would eventually draw a line. Vladimir Putin would be told, “Not again. Enough of your public aggression, covert operations, ‘little …
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Belarus has been rocked by street protests after protesters accused President Alexander Lukashenko of rigging the presidential election earlier this month, in which he claimed to have 80 percent of the vote. Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for the past 26 years and faces the biggest challenge for his leadership, …
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Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has ruled the country people have changed and will no longer accept President Alexander Lukashenko, whose controversial re-election has sparked in recent polls mass protests demanding his removal. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Saturday, Tikhanovskaya, who is in exile in neighboring Lithuania, …
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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko Visits Military Fire Program at Grodno, Belarus 22 August 2020. Andrei Stasevich / BelTA / Handout via REUTERS MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday he would close factories that had seen workers’ protests, the Russian news agency RIA reported, its latest attempt …
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