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Five years after the disputed 2020 presidential election, Belarus looks dramatically different:
\u2022 Political prisoners multiplied nearly 50-fold, while imprisoned journalists increased 37 times \u2014 with actual figures likely higher.
\u2022 All opposition parties and independent media covering politics are now banned.
\u2022 The country slid further down global media freedom (\u201313) and rule of law (\u201339) rankings, after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka openly urged police to break laws to suppress dissent.
\u2022 International sanctions now target 78 times more officials than in 2020, while relations with neighbors \u2014 except Russia \u2014 have collapsed.
\u2022 Belarus lost 300,000 people from its population and 125,000 workers from its labor force.
\u2022 The rubel plummeted, and prices grew 30-percent faster than in the five years before the election.
\u27a1\ufe0f Swipe through to see the full picture of Belarus\u2019 transformation in numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Five years after the disputed 2020 presidential election, Belarus looks dramatically different:\u2022 Political prisoners multiplied nearly 50-fold, while imprisoned journalists increased 37 times \u2014 with actual figures likely higher.\u2022 All opposition parties and independent media covering politics are now banned.\u2022 The country slid further down global media freedom (\u201313) and rule of law (\u201339) rankings, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":151498,"template":"","rubric":[21,38,16],"class_list":["post-151501","longreads","type-longreads","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy","rubric-elections","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFive years after the disputed 2020 presidential election, Belarus looks dramatically different | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Five years after the disputed 2020 presidential election, Belarus looks dramatically different:\u2022 Political prisoners multiplied 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