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Story Publication logo August 23, 2011

Belarus in the Time of Lukashenko

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A gathering economic crisis in Belarus is bringing a new generation out into the streets.

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In Belarus, city streets are filled with fear and resignation despite the recent wave of pro-democracy protests. Across the countryside, Soviet-style agricultural and industrial systems are not the source stability they once were. Poverty and joblessness are on the rise. A gloom hangs over Europe's last dictatorship.

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