MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Banners along the fastidiously clean streets of Belarus’ cities tell the country’s people to be sure to vote in Sunday’s national parliament election.
Logvinets tried to boost his chances by organizing a concert with a noted rock star to attract young people.
Belarus’ Soviet-style command economy is faltering badly — gross domestic product fell 4 percent last year and is down another 3 percent this year — and the country is eager for investment and assistance.
Lukashenko, sometimes characterized as Europe’s last dictator, secured a lifting of U.S. and European Union sanctions against Belarus this year by releasing all …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
