The political crisis in Belarus is now so protracted that analysts are reaching for chess metaphors. The opposition owns the streets of the capital city, Minsk, as another huge demonstration proved again on Sunday, Sept. 27. Yet Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, whose sickening brutality has shocked the world, is not giving up power any time soon. His bizarre secret inauguration ceremony on September 23 was the stunt of a man who is both stubborn and weak.
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Law enforcement officers detain a woman during an opposition rally to protest against the presidential inauguration in Minsk on Sept. 26, 2020.
