벨라루스 독재정권 반대 시위 확산<br /><br />Demonstrations against the disputed re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko continue in Belarus.<br />The biggest one yet was held in Minsk, as he rejected calls to step down and hold fresh polls.<br />At a smaller rally of his own supporters in the capital's Independence Square, Lukashenko said Belarus would "die as a state if it agreed to hold new elections under pressure" and accused NATO of massing on the country's western border.<br />The nation has been rocked by a week of street protests after demonstrators accused the 65-year-old leader of rigging a presidential election in which he claimed to have secured 80 percent of the votes.<br />Lukashenko, the only President Belarus had, a man labelled by some as the last dictator in Europe, faces his biggest crisis since coming to power in 1994.<br />According to local media reports, many major towns and cities also saw large rallies that "dwarfed" the defiant leader's rally.<br />
