Belarus’ election authorities thought that they had got rid of the president’s strongest rivals when they barred the jailed ex-banker Viktar Babaryka and former IT park director Valery Tsapkala from the presidential race. But they made a mistake by letting Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the wife of another candidate, the jailed political vlogger Siarhei Tsikhanouski, step in for her husband.
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Belarus' riot police watch opposition supporters during a gathering to support candidates seeking to challenge President Alexander Lukashenko in the upcoming presidential elections in Minsk on June 19, 2020.
