Belarusian opposition politicians Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has called for more mass protests against the 26-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, while also announcing that she would not run for president if fresh elections are held. Tikhanovskaya, who became Lukashenko’s rival in the August 9 elections, in which he was declared the …
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This week, Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko visited one of the nation’s major state factories in the capital, Minsk, of purpose to show that he still had support despite national calls for his dismissal. He had done well to remember Nicolae Ceausescu. The decision of Romania’s last communist leader to counter …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The No. 2 U.S. diplomat will visit Russia and Lithuania shortly for talks on Belarus, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday as Washington seeks a peaceful resolution following the election crisis. country withdrawing Russian intervention. PHOTO PHOTO: US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun …
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MINSK / MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two leading members of a newly formed opposition council in Belarus were questioned on Friday in a criminal case over what President Alexander Lukashenko calls an attempt to seize power, after nearly two weeks of mass rallies against his 26-year-old son. year rule.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin believes Belarus’s leader Alexander Lukashenko is likely to remain in power despite protests against him and is content to let him fly, two sources close to the Kremlin said. PHOTO PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko take a break …
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