Belarus Opposition Waits for Its Solidarity Moment

Almost six years after Alexander Lukashenko claimed a fraudulent election victory, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya compares her exiled democratic movement to Poland’s underground Solidarity. While Belarus experienced a similar mass mobilization in 2020, Lukashenko’s immediate and brutal crackdown prevented the movement from establishing roots inside the country. Operating as a proto-government in exile, the opposition faces internal divisions following recent prisoner…