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On 26 January, Alexander Lukashenko was elected President of Belarus for the seventh time in a sham election. The ruler has been in office since 1994, and his regime regularly uses violence to intimidate the population and keep a grip on power. According to estimates, up to half a million people of working age have left the country since the mass protests in summer 2020. Belarus: Living Under Dictatorship | ARTE.tv Documentary 📆 Available until: 31/01/2026 ARTE.tv Documentary 📺 is ARTE.tv's YouTube channel in English, where we share new videos every day, including in-depth documentaries and reports on geopolitics, economy, society, culture, science and the environment 🌎. Want more? 👉 Visit our streaming platform in English: ARTE.tv in English https://www.arte.tv/en/ For reports on culture, visit ARTE.tv Culture, where we explore art 🖼️ from every angle. Here you’ll find web series’💻, exclusive interviews 🎙️, music programmes 🎶, the best of European cinema 🎞️ and long-form culture documentaries 🎥: https://www.youtube.com/@artetvculture/ Don't forget to subscribe so you don’t miss a video / @artetvdocumentary Keep up to date with us on the go via social media 🤳 🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/ARTEen 👥 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ARTEenglish/ And subscribe to our newsletter 🗞️here: https://www.arte.tv/en/articles/newsletter #artetvdocumentary #belarus #protest