As Belarus’s largest and most sustained opposition protests in decades continue, a 73-year-old veteran activist and grandmother has emerged as one of the movement’s iconic figures.
Time: This great-grandmother is an icon of Belarus protests
Law enforcement officers arrest and detain opposition activist Nina Baginskaya,73, during a rally to protest against the presidential election results in Minsk on September 19, 2020. - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the ex-Soviet state for 26 years, claimed to have defeated opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya with 80 percent of the vote in the August 9, elections. (Photo by - / TUT.BY / AFP)
