He's been described as Europe's last dictator and later this week the Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will hold a giant gathering of industry leaders and high-ranking officials in the capital Minsk, designed to consolidate his power. (Subscribe: [ Ссылка ])
The heady days of mass street protests have given way to a bitter Belarus winter after the pro-democracy movement was violently put down last year.
There were almost 30,000 arrests.
This report from inside Belarus looks at what's happening now to the country's opposition.
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