In Belarus, protests on the falsification of elections continue, but Lukashenko does not give up In Minsk and other Belarusian cities, protests are continuing against the falsification of the presidential election. By the evening of Monday, in the streets in Minsk, not much less people gathered than the day before, but Alexander Lukashenko and the security forces are not going to give up.

After mass protests in Belarus on election day on August 9, the country is preparing for another stormy night. By 21:00, speeches by opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko and the use of special equipment by security forces resumed. What's happening In Minsk, after 18:00 on August 10, were closed six central metro stations . The police cordoned off the central locations in the capital of Belarus, including the stele “Minsk – Hero City”, which became the center of protests the day before.

The main reason for the protests in Belarus is the elections, but no less important is the dissatisfaction of people with the standard of living and the desire to fundamentally change the situation. The Bell talked with the economist Lviv Lviv , a senior researcher at the Belarusian Center for Economic Research Beroc, which is not so in the Belarusian economy. - The main causes of protests are falsification in the elections.

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