Belarus on the brink
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25-08-2020
As usual in Belarus, the 9 August presidential election was marred by fraud, repression and state violence against the opposition. As expected, the long-standing President, Aleksander Lukashenko, claimed a landslide victory. What was unusual this time, however, was the scale of Belarusians' disappointment: peaceful protests and strikes spread throughout the entire country in response to the stolen election, despite brutal crackdowns. What started as a national crisis now represents a wider struggle between truth and lies, democracy and autocracy, raising the stakes for both Minsk and Moscow, whose nervousness has spilled over into mounting aggression.
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Domaine politique
Mot-clé
- Biélorussie
- cadre politique
- censure
- communication
- crise politique
- Europe
- fraude électorale
- GÉOGRAPHIE
- géographie politique
- géographie économique
- géopolitique
- opposition politique
- procédure électorale et vote
- Russie
- régime autoritaire
- répression
- SCIENCES
- sciences humaines
- VIE POLITIQUE
- vie politique et sécurité publique
- violence d'État
- ÉDUCATION ET COMMUNICATION
- élection présidentielle