Youre watching the weekly here on R T International bringing you the days news along with the biggest stories from the week just gone. We start and valorous where another huge protest against president Alexander Lukashenko is underway you can see live pictures just behind me from a central minsk where thousands upon thousands have turned out people have been taking to the streets for more than 2 weeks now accusing look shango of rigging the election in his favor it has gone up reports from its. People behind me on the Independence Square of the the russian capital minsk they have been chanting slogans like leaves calling on the president of some example of the shanku to go long live belarus right now and theyre clapping and my cameraman is just going to zoom in to show you the sky. Of the protests right now we have a really good Vantage Point so you can see for yourself people are flocking i can see them flocking from all sides now the opposition has been promoting this action as a rea
d are. Deeply concerned about whats going on right now. Also coming on the program. The president. Took. One minutes into a brand new day in nairobi in jerusalem and here in moscow thursday august 20th welcome to r. T. International im you know neal. We begin in belarus where a sharp divide is emerging in the wake of august 9th selection both supporters of president lukashenko those opposing his leadership are flooding the streets these are 2 contrasting scenes from day one of the unrest on the right of your screen you can see thousands of people gathering in central minsk waving the historical red and white flag which has become a symbol of the. On the left there crowd of the president s backers carrying the official red and Green National flag their main message is the the country cannot afford us. Must not be right we have stability theres no war thank god we have bread to eat we have jobs even if we are not rich we would like to be but we just need to work more. Live peacefully in
Mr. Nikola (Nicholas) Dudar, age 99 years, of Thunder Bay, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2021, at Pioneer Ridge, where he had resided for the past 4 years. Nikola was born in Ethelbert, Manitoba on January 26, 1921, the youngest son of Paul and Nellie Dudar. While he spent his early years in Ethelbert, he later moved with his family to Thunder Bay. Nikola served with the Royal Canadian Navy during WWII, and after returning to Thunder Bay, later met the love of his life, Clara Louise Mascetti. They were married on August 6, 1949 and made Thunder Bay their home where they raised their three children. Nikola obtained a business diploma, and then worked as the office & business manager with an industrial supply company for 37 years, until his retirement.