" They protested against the recent arrest of a man who, apparently, is the most serious rival of President Alexander Lukashenko in the presidential election scheduled for August 9: this is one of the richest people in the country, Victor Babarico, "

" Alexander Lukashenko reacted to the protests with a statement that he foiled a conspiracy comparable to the one that provoked the revolution in Ukraine in 2014. He was indignant over the fact that external forces acting " After Russia provided support for a long time, she wanted to receive political concessions from her little neighbor and reduced her subsidies, which caused the fury of Lukashenko, who has been in power for 26 years, "

" Result: today 60 thousand. cases, which is a record level of infection in relation to the number of inhabitants. As the presidential election approaches, uncertainty prevails over the availability of opposition candidates. The Belarusian president, who suggested that he would be re-elected without any problems, is now showing some feverish excitement.

Last month, Alexander Lukashenko appointed a new government consisting solely of representatives of "

“Recently, Lukashenko tried to get closer to the West, but on Friday he rejected the IMF’s request that he finally take measures to fight against Covid-19, in return he was offered financial assistance. Moscow, for its part, denies any policy of interfering in Minsk’s “internal affairs” and refutes allegations that it supports Viktor Babaryko. Such crossfire runs the risk of significantly complicating the position of the Belarusian president, who is clearly in isolation, "