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Viktor Babariko, the former head of Russia-owned Belgazprombank, sits inside a cage in a court room in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Babariko, who had aspired to challenge President Alexander Lukashenko in a presidential election last August, has been jailed since May on money laundering and tax evasion charges that he has rejected as politically driven. (Oksana Manchuk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

Ex-presidential hopeful faces trial in Belarus

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In this picture taken on Thursday, June 11, 2020, Viktor Babariko, candidate presidential elections and the former head of Belgazprombank, speaks to media during a news conference in Minsk, Belarus. Belarusian authorities have taken control of a Russia-owned commercial bank that was led by a man who is now running to challenge Belarus’ authoritarian president. President Alexander Lukashenko, who is seeking a sixth term in the Aug. 9 election, has accused Belgazprombank chief executive Viktor Babariko of corruption and called him a “scoundrel.” (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Top challenger in Belarusian presidential race detained

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

People, wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, sign to support potential presidential candidates in the upcoming presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, June 14, 2020. The presidential campaign is underway in Belarus despite the coronavirus outbreak after the parliament and government refused to postpone the election scheduled for August 9. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Belarusian authorities raid Russia-owned bank

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press