Country’s president promises ‘stringent measures’ and claims Nato troops ‘stirring’ in Poland and Lithuania
Belarus’s authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has ordered his defence minister to take “stringent measures” to defend the country’s territorial integrity after mass protests against his claim to election victory.
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