Rare Protests On The Streets Of Belarus
Rare Protests On The Streets Of Belarus
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Protests in Belarus are rare — the country has been under authoritarian rule since the 1990s. But this week, several thousand people took to the streets in the country’s capital, Minsk, as well as in other parts of the country to protest President Alexander Lukashenko and a tax on the unemployed.
We take a look at what’s happening in Belarus with Matthew Rojansky, director of the Kennan Institute at the Wilson Center.