Dark Days in Belarus

Issue Date October 2002
Volume 13
Issue 4
Page Numbers 142-156
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Why did Belarusians return dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka to power in September 2001? Could a better-managed opposition campaign have made a difference?

About the Author

Rodger Potocki is senior director for Europe at the National Endowment for Democracy, where he oversees NED’s Belarus portfolio.

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