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Today, Explained

The dictator vs. the homemaker

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The longtime leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is facing nationwide protests and accusations that he stole Sunday’s election. His opponent, a 37-year-old homemaker who entered the race in place of her imprisoned husband, has fled the country. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.4

I'm Sean Ramos-Firm, it's today explained, and today's show is a little different from the 600

1:07.7

something that came before it, because today, for the first time, I interviewed a journalist who

1:12.4

couldn't tell me where he was when we spoke, and he couldn't tell me because it wasn't safe.

1:19.8

I decided that this specific moment, I can do much more if I will be free. I would be definitely

1:27.2

in jail if I would stay. So now I help my colleagues journalists being in the secure place,

1:34.8

and I don't really where I am, it doesn't matter. The most important that

1:38.5

me, my friends, and my team, we all work for given people true information.

1:44.8

This is Fnac Vietchorca. He's a journalist from Belarus, where there was an election on Sunday.

1:51.6

The country's longtime leader, Alexander Lukashenko, claims to have won his sixth term in a landslide,

1:58.6

but people are protesting in the street saying the whole thing was rigged. His opponent has now fled

2:04.9

the country, and some think this could be the beginning of the end of a guy who's been called

2:10.5

Europe's last dictator. Everything began actually in 1994 when President Lukashenko became the

2:19.6

president, and 26 years after people realized they don't want him anymore. Of course, there were many

2:28.3

protests, but this one is very unique because the level of support for Lukashenko is extremely low,

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