…of September across Belarus, including one of the 100,000 in Minsk, including We Won't Let Him, the neo-Soviet President Lukashenko, sell the country. Police attack demonstrators and even the official government figures said 774 had been arrested. Incidents…

…prisoners. The regime has victimised and in some cases prosecuted Other groups are strikers. Belarus' embattled neo-Stalinist president, Alexander Lukashenko, has held lengthy talks with Vladimir Putin, telling him a friend is in trouble. Most reporters reckon…

…lengthy talks with Vladimir Putin, telling him a friend is in trouble. Most reporters reckon that Putin is not a fan of Lukashenko, but willing to help him because he does not want to see a pro-democracy protest defeat a government in the country close…

…military drills monthly over the next year Many, including in Belarus' protest movement, speculate that Putin is pushing the weakened Lukashenko to accept some form of soft annexation by Russia. On paper, the two countries already form a union state. with…