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In Belarus, Lukashenko faces a female challenge
The authoritarian president is scrambling to hang on to power
MINSK – There’s little doubt that Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko will win a sixth term in elections on August 9 — but he’s facing an unexpectedly tough fight.
- Sergei Kuznetsov
- Politico
Presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has galvanized a normally small and disorganized opposition movement into a powerful challenge against the authoritarian leader.
While opposition protests in previous years were largely limited to Minsk, Tikhanovskaya is touring the country and drawing crowds in places far…