The scene in Minsk, Belarus, earlier this month was like something out of the former Soviet Union. On Dec. 19, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest a blatantly fraudulent presidential election. According to figures produced by the regime, President Alexander Lukashenko – who has ruled the country since 1994 – won 80 per cent of the vote with an improbably high 90 per cent turnout. As the mass of people marched toward the parliament and Central Election Commission headquarters crying “Free Belarus!” I got the uncomfortable feeling that the evening was not going to end well.
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