MINSK - Belarus votes in an election on Sunday pitting President Alexander Lukashenko against a former teacher who emerged from obscurity to lead the biggest challenge in years against the man once dubbed “Europe’s last dictator” by Washington.
The 65-year-old Lukashenko is almost certain to win a sixth consecutive term but could face a new wave of protests amid anger over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and his human rights record. Her rallies have drawn some of the biggest crowds since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Human rights groups say more than 1,300 people have been detained in a widening crackdown.
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Belarus? I Do Admit...More Each Day I Think About It. Though Living There Seems Not So Easy, I Am However So So So Tired of Being Constantly Crucified By People In The Western Hemisphere. And So...Belarus? Are The People There Willing to Be Reasonable Towards Me?