Global Pandemic: Belarus Quickly Becoming East vs. West

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🗓️ 11 September 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Weeks of protests in Belarus over a disputed July election have become more of a push and pull battle between Moscow and an opposition that wants free and fair elections. While the United States and European nations have backed the opposition, Russia has a key role in how all of it plays out. FOX’s Trey Yingst speaks with Dr. Don Jensen of the United States Institute of Peace about the current situation on the ground and how social media is driving the protests there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.2	Friday, September 11th, 2020. I'm Trey Yinkst.
0:26.6	Belarus has seen weeks of protests following its presidential elections in early August.
0:32.0	No one knows what's next for the country.
0:33.8	What appears to be going on now is Russia gradually tightening the noose around Belarus to bring it back closer to Moscow.
0:42.0	And thus dashing Western hopes for lowering a little bit
0:46.2	more into the West and away from Russia, dashing the opposition hopes.
0:50.7	This is the Fox News rundown, global pandemic.
0:54.0	Members of the opposition party in Belarus are risking their lives each day to push back against strongman Alexander Lukashenko.
1:06.0	Over the next few minutes, you'll get the latest headlines on the global COVID-19 outbreak and hear
1:10.6	from Dr. Don Jensen of the U.S. Institute of Peace about a developing story out of Eastern Europe.
1:17.0	Starting first in China where just 155 total cases have been reported over the past two weeks.
1:23.0	China is not classifying symptomless cases as positive results,
1:27.0	but is still doing widespread testing.
1:29.0	All of the new cases have come from travelers and not local transmission.
1:32.0	Now to Peru, that is getting hit hard by... from travelers and not local transmission.
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