Small-scale repression will play a big role in the coming presidential electionsby Anna Badkhen MINSK, Belarus–“I am sick of being afraid,” Nadezhda announced. “Give us a normal president. I am sick of being afraid.” Pinned to Nadezhda’s chest was a large black-and-white photograph of Dmitry Zavadsky, a television journalist who disappeared in Belarus last year. Like several hundred protesters who […]

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