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From the Olympics to Ryanair flights, why is Belarus making international headlines?
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:38:16
Publish Date: 2021-08-05 15:00:34
Description: Radio Free Europe's Moscow correspondent Matthew Luxmoore joins us on this week's episode to examine Belarus and the hold of 'Europe's last dictator' on the country. We look at who Alexander Lukashenko is as well as the background to recent high-profile incidents like the grounding of a Ryanair flight in Minsk and the mysterious death of an opposition activist in Ukraine.
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