MINSK, Belarus - On a sweltering day in Minsk last summer, Maksim Piakarski and Vadzim Zharomski propped open the windows of the two-room apartment they shared on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus' capital, and tried to catch what little breeze they could in the August heat.
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Belarus' opposition activist speaks in a megaphone during a rally after presidential elections in central Minsk on October 11, 2015.
