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The Armenian Model for Belarus

While many Western observers have seized on Ukraine's 2004-05 and 2014 revolutions to understand the mass protests in Belarus, a much better analogy is to Armenia's democratic transition in 2018. Armenians demanded a change in domestic governance, not in the country's geopolitical orientation, and that made all the difference.

STOCKHOLM – With Belarusians taking to the streets in unprecedented numbers and refusing to be cowed by state violence, it is obvious that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has failed in his bid to steal another election and prolong his time in power. By all standards, his days in power are now numbered.

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