Unflagging Protest: Belarus's Opposition Inspired By A Pensioner And Her Outlawed Banner
udf.byThe 2006 photograph transformed Nina Bahinskaya, now a pensioner and great-grandmother, into a celebrity of sorts among activists — an endangered species in Belarus, ruled since 1994 by President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who tolerates little dissent in the nation of some 9.5 million. «Today, some may laugh at it, some may dismiss it, and some may not pay any attention at all.