Belarus's Parallel Realities: An Entrenched Presidency Meets an Awakened Society

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Well-known Belarusian journalist Franak Viačorka and the Russia File's Maxim Trudolyubov discuss Belarusian society's newfound agency and wonder why President Lukashenko is no longer comfortable being seen as pro-Russian.

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