The Current

What’s driving mass protests in Belarus?


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Steve Pifer explains how President Lukashenko's response to COVID-19 and a blatantly stolen election in August prompted the wide-spread demonstrations in Belarus, and warns how Russia could alienate another border country by supporting Lukashenko over the Belarusian people.

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