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Two Women Stare Down a Dictatorship in Belarus

A scandal at the Tokyo Olympics and a secret trial reveal the hard and fast choices made by those who run afoul of Lukashenka's regime

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Luke Johnson
Aug 09, 2021
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Last August, protests erupted in Belarus after its dictator, Alexander Lukashenka, held a rigged vote and had himself declared the winner. Lukashenka, an ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has ma…

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