Over the weekend in Belarus, demonstrations against President Alexander Lukashenko, and his dubious reelection earlier this month, showed no signs of slowing down. They gathered momentum as his challenger, 37-year-old Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who had been forced to leave the country, issued a video message calling for continued protests. She also formed a coordinating council, whose goal is a peaceful transfer of power.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with his Belarus' counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi on Feb. 13, 2019.
