Belarus Three Years After Protest

The Russia File by Wilson Center

Oct 30, 202300:36:28Education

In August 2020, Aleksandr Lukashenko, authoritarian leader of Belarus, denied electoral fraud and claimed landslide victory in his sixth presidential election. The regime’s violent crackdown on the mass pro-democracy pro...

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