Belarus in surprising presidential election battle

Belarusians are heading to the polls to elect their president in an unusually dramatic and hotly-contested vote.

What was widely anticipated to be a smooth re-election ride for authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has turned into a full-on political competition, marked by the biggest opposition protests for a decade and mass detentions.

Video produced by Tatiana Kyryliuk

7 August 2020