In Belarus, where protests against rigged elections are into their second month, an unlikely figure has become an icon of change. Nina Baginskaya, a 75-year old grandmother, has been brandishing the banned white-red-white national flag since 1988, earning tens of thousands of dollars in fines — and the love of the nationwide protest movement demanding the resignation of dictator Alexander Lukashenko.
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Belarus opposition supporters hold a giant former white-red-white flag of Belarus used in opposition to the government, during a demonstration in central Minsk on Aug. 16, 2020.
