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share Print Some 100 workers at Belaruskali, a state-run potash producer that is one of the few flickering jewels in the much-tarnished crown of Belarusian state-run industry, joined strikes last year to demand authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka step down after a disputed election. The country was thrown into turmoil when Lukashenka, in power since 1994, claimed a landslide victory and a sixth term in an August vote that millions of Belarusians believe was rigged. It unleashed a wave of protests that is unprecedented in Belarus s post-Soviet history and continues to this day, albeit in smaller numbers amid a persistent crackdown by law enforcement authorities.

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