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World Service,17 Aug 2020,23 mins

Belarus sees biggest protest rally yet

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Mass protests continue in Belarus over disputed elections but President Lukashenko remains defiant and Russia offers assistance. We hear from Olga Dryndova who is editor of Belarus Analysen, at the University of Bremen, about why the majority of the population is turning against their leader, and the BBC's Kateryna Khinkulova sums up the best case scenario for Russia. Economist Michael Hughes discusses the end of the first half year in corporate earnings and we hear from Peter Bowes on the US Democratic Convention which begins on Monday, online and Jane Wakefield talks to event organisers about the challenges of taking large events digital. (Image: Belarusian opposition supporters rally in Minsk, Credit: European Photopress Agency)

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