Belarus Detains Two Contributors of Opposition Council

MOSCOW—Now not less than two participants of an opposition-led council formed to aid the transfer of energy to a brand new govt following Belarus’s presidential vote were detained, elevating fears that longtime authoritarian chief Alexander Lukashenko has no procedure of ceding energy.

The so-known as National Coordination Council stated the two participants detained Monday were charged with an administrative offense, while four others were known as in for questioning earlier than the country’s investigative committee in the capital of Minsk, with just a few of…