On July 20, Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko conducted a foreign policy revision meeting. That same day, the Roundtable of Democratic Forces, a group headed by Yury Voskresensky, published a draft for a new constitution; and Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, widely seen in the West as the leader of a “democratic Belarus,” paid a visit to Washington, where she met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and several United States Senators. In addition, Minsk officially eliminated 48 formerly registered non-governmental organizations (NGO), including Mova Nanovo (Belarusian Language for Newbies), IPM Business School, and others.
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Women march down the streets holding umbrellas in the colours of the former white-red-white flag of Belarus, to protest against the Belarus presidential election results in Minsk, on April 6, 2021.