In a dramatic show of defiance on Sunday against the massive protests demanding his resignation, President Alexander Lukashenko toted a rifle and wore a bulletproof vest, as he strode off a helicopter that landed at his residence while demonstrators massed nearby.
In the 15th day of the largest and most determined protests ever in independent Belarus, a crowd of about 200,000 rallied against Mr in a square in Minsk, the capital.
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