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AP Explains: Why revolt in Belarus is different from Ukraine

by Associated Press
| August 24, 2020 12:03 AM

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — A former Soviet republic on the fault line between Russia and Europe is boiling with revolt this summer. Sounds familiar — but Belarus 2020 isn’t Ukraine 2014, and that’s why it’s hard to predict what will happen next.

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