Two weeks ago, Belarusian opposition leader — and likely winner of the recent presidential election — Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, demanded Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’s embattled president, resign by Oct. 25 or face a national strike. Lukashenko responded by calling the strike a “terrorist war.”
By issuing this latest ultimatum, Tikhanovskaya has given another boost to the protesters. But she is also staking her reputation on its success.
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