LONDON (Reuters) – Investors face a classic ‘dictatorial dilemma’ in Belarus – hold on to securities that take advantage of the status quo in a brutal regime, or sell them and close their bonds – but whichever way they go, for largely dependent on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. PHOTO PHOTO: Russian …
Read More »‘We do not need war’: Belarus frees prisoners to protest
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian leadership has released thousands of detainees and on Thursday offered a rare public apology in a bid to stop national street protests posing the biggest challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s 26-year rule. People greet each other during an opposition match to protest against police violence and …
Read More »Employers of state-owned enterprises join mass protests against President Belarus
MINSK (Reuters) – Employers of state-owned industrial plants joined tens of thousands of people in a fifth day of protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, despite a violent collapse that has prompted the West to impose new sanctions. People hold flowers at a demonstration against violence following recent protests to …
Read More »Thousands stage proceedings in Belarus over EU sanctions
MINSK (Reuters) – Protesters formed human chains and marched through the streets of Belarus on Wednesday in anger after a collapse by strong President Alexander Lukashenko who urged the European Union to consider new sanctions against Minsk. Women take part in a demonstration against police violence during the recent rally …
Read More »Thousands stage proceedings in Belarus over EU sanctions
MINSK (Reuters) – Protesters formed human chains and marched through the streets of Belarus on Wednesday in anger after a collapse by strong President Alexander Lukashenko who urged the European Union to consider new sanctions against Minsk. Women take part in a demonstration against police violence during the recent rally …
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