In recent years, cheap labor and political stability had made Belarus an unlikely magnet for startups from Silicon Valley and Europe, providing a rare bright spot in an economy still dominated by Soviet-era heavy industry and collective farms.
Wall Street Journal: Belarus, once a startups magnet, faces a tech exodus
Opposition supporters carry a huge former white-red-white flag of Belarus during a rally to protest against the presidential election results in Minsk on September 13, 2020. - Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, 66, who has been in power for 26 years, has vowed that he will not give up power to the opposition, which claims its candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was the rightful winner of the August 9 polls. (Photo by - / TUT.BY / AFP)
