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@WSJ reporter covering Russia and Ukraine. Alum @DCRES_Harvard. Messages/tips/stories to: matthew.luxmoore@wsj.com

Sep 23, 2020, 5 tweets

Police in Minsk using water cannon to disperse protesters tonight.

People have come out to denounce Lukashenko’s secretive inauguration following the rigged August 9 election.

Violent arrests are taking place near the Stela in Minsk.

Also reports and video of multiple clashes across the city tonight.

This was the scene about an hour ago, as dozens of protesters headed toward the Stela in Minsk.

Police have used water cannon to disperse the protest and begun mass arrests.

Shoppers stuck run from riot police inside Minsk’s main shopping mall...

As staff shut its main doors to keep people out - and shut others in

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