Alexander Lukashenko, strongman of Belarus, kneels before Putin

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Demanding new elections following Alexander Lukashenko’s overturning of their Aug. 9 vote to remove him, Belorussians secured an important symbolic victory on Monday.

It came with Lukashenko’s open act of political submission to President Vladimir Putin of Russia. It matters for a couple of reasons.

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