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Lukashenko under pressure as people rise up

Minsk | Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus, said on Monday (Tuesday) there would not be another election "until you kill me" then appeared to backtrack after Minsk factory workers booed him.

In a demonstration of his increasingly tenuous grip on power, workers at the state-run MZKT tractor factory in the capital interrupted a speech by the longtime ruler with chants of "Leave" and "Go away".

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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/world/europe/lukashenko-under-pressure-to-stand-down-as-people-rise-up-20200818-p55mpk