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The Belarusian Opposition Is Growing Stronger

Despite its continuous brutal crackdown on dissent, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s regime has not quelled the opposition movement that emerged after the falsified presidential election in August 2020. On the contrary, in many ways, the democratic opposition has become a bigger threat to the regime.

WARSAW – As the war in Ukraine rages on, the stability of neighboring Belarus, which has been backing the Russian invasion, appears to be fracturing. Has Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression opened a Pandora’s box for a regime that is practically a remote wing of the Kremlin?

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