After crushing mass demonstrations calling for his ouster, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko has engaged in a broad crackdown on dissent and stepped up retaliation against critics.
After crushing mass demonstrations calling for his ouster, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko has engaged in a broad crackdown on dissent and stepped up retaliation against critics.
Backed by Putin and using brutality unseen in Europe for decades, Lukashenko was able to suppress a protest movement that had accumulated the majority of people in Belarus. Now, he feels it is time for revenge.
Backed by Putin and using brutality unseen in Europe for decades, Lukashenko was able to suppress a protest movement that had accumulated the majority of people in Belarus. Now, he feels it is time for revenge.