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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
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