The Belarusian Maidan has become sad and faded
The sluggish Belarusian protest continued today. After yesterday's failed attempt to gather something resembling the Ukrainian Maidan (the crowds were not impressive), the opposition returned to their old queuing tactics. A line of people standing “at a social distance” can be stretched over an impressive distance and create the impression of a mass gathering. If in June they stood to put signatures for candidates alternative to President Lukashenko, today they stretched out...