As the United States hurtles toward its most important presidential election in decades, anyone eager to understand the consequences of authoritarianism would do well to look at Belarus, a nation that has been steeped in a political crisis since holding a presidential election in August that was widely denounced as rigged.
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A woman holds a knitted former white-red-white flag of Belarus as she takes part in women march to protest against Belarus' Presidential election results and police violence during a traditional Women's March in Minsk, on Oct. 24, 2020.