Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko faces growing opposition and new EU sanctions

Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko faced mounting opposition on Friday to his disputed re-election as factory workers joined popular protests and the European Union moved to impose new sanctions on his regime.In euphoric scenes in Independence Square in the capital Minsk, protesters hugged and kissed young interior ministry troops guarding a government building and put flowers in their anti-riot shields.Unlike the scenes of violent detentions days earlier, police stood by quietly.The…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3097490/belarus-strongman-alexander-lukashenko-faces-growing-opposition