Britain slapped new trade and financial sanctions on Belarus on the first anniversary of a presidential election that authoritarian Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko’s opponents say was rigged so that he could extend his decades-long rule.
RFE/RL: Britain tightens sanctions on Belarus
Members of the Belarusian diaspora in Ukraine, covered with former national red and white flags of Belarus, march during a rally in Kyiv on August 8, 2021. The rally marks the first anniversary of anti-Lukashenko protests which began after suspected vote-rigging in the 2020 Belarus presidential election.
