Action of Zubr movement dedicated to the sixth anniversary of kidnapping of one of oppositional leaders ex-minister of internal affairs general Yury Zaharenka resulted in mass arrests. Belarusian police arrested more than 60 people.

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The moment seemed ripe for revolution. Rose-laden protesters in Georgia had ousted leader Eduard Shevardnadze; mass public demonstrations had brought an opposition democrat to power in neighboring Ukraine; even the small republic of Kirgizstan had dumped its autocratic government. So why not my country, wondered Aliaksandr Atroshchankau, as he joined a pro-democracy demonstration in front of this capital`s Republican Palace recently.

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Belarus, its president denounced in Washington as Europe`s last dictator, accused its Baltic neighbors and the United States on Saturday of interfering in the country`s internal affairs.

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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said there would be no revolutions in Belarus. "No revolutions or bandit events are expected in Belarus in the coming years," Alexander Lukashenko said at a meeting with war veterans this Sunday in Moscow.

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President Bush said on Saturday free elections should be held in Belarus but the Russian-backed country swiftly accused the United States and its Baltic neighbors of interfering in its internal affairs.

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