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  • Belarusian opposition supporters attend a rally in Minsk to protest the disputed Aug. 9 presidential election results, on Sept. 6, 2020. Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has refused to quit after his disputed reelection and turned to Russia for help to stay in power.
    Belarusian opposition supporters attend a rally in Minsk to protest the disputed Aug. 9 presidential election results, on Sept. 6, 2020. Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has refused to quit after his disputed reelection and turned to Russia for help to stay in power.
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    Dispatch: Crushing Democracy in Belarus

    With his regime’s survival threatened by mass protests, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gives up on trying to balance East and West

    byVladislav Davidzon
  • Plainclothes Belarusian police arrest an opposition supporter at a Day of Freedom rally in Minsk on March 25, 2011.(Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images)
    Plainclothes Belarusian police arrest an opposition supporter at a Day of Freedom rally in Minsk on March 25, 2011.(Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images)
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    WikiTargeted

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange preaches openness. But in Belarus, Europe’s last dictator is using once-secret U.S. cables to go after dissidents.

    byKapil Komireddi
  • Tom Stoppard at Le Poisson Rouge Wednesday night.(Photo by the author)
    Tom Stoppard at Le Poisson Rouge Wednesday night.(Photo by the author)
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    The Show Must Go On

    A night with Tom Stoppard and the Belarus Free Theatre

    byMarc Tracy
  • A sculpture of Marc Chagall behind the Vitebsk home in which he was raised.(Diana Markosian)
    A sculpture of Marc Chagall behind the Vitebsk home in which he was raised.(Diana Markosian)
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    Favorite Son

    Belarus embraces Chagall but leaves his Jewishness at the door

    byJudith Matloff
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