Lukashenko tries to crush protests against his rigged “victory”
The last European autocrat will not go quietly
Aug 10, 2020
STUN GRENADES, Internet blackout, water cannons, tear gas, armored personnel carriers and bloody protesters. These are not signs of the great popular support claimed by Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, following the August 9 elections. But after 26 years at the helm of a small country sandwiched between Russia and…