Belarusian Protesters Decry Planned Russian Air Base

By YURAS KARMANAU, Associated Press, San Antonio Express-News: World
Sun, 10/04/2015 - 12:07pm

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — About 1,000 opposition activists on Sunday protested Russia's plans to establish a military air base in Belarus, saying it would turn the former Soviet republic into a Kremlin "vassal." Police did not interfere in the protest, which was organized by leading opposition figures, including Nikolai Statkevich, a former presidential candidate who was released in August after five years in prison. Another opposition leader described the Russian base as a point of no return for Lukashenko.

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