8.4K views · 58 reactions | Belarusian opposition protesters took to the streets for the eighth consecutive day of anti-government demonstrations Sunday, demanding the departure of the country's embattled authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko's been in power since 1994 and claimed a landslide victory in a vote that gave him his sixth term in office. Russia, a traditional ally of Belarus, has said it was prepared to offer military support if needed. | CNBC | Facebook

The strongman leader of a former Soviet republic scrambled a fighter jet. The foe wasn’t a hostile neighboring nation, but a 26-year-old opposition journalist. Fareed's conversation with The Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum and journalist and Atlantic Council fellow Hanna Liubakova aboud the Belarus plane incident and what it means: | Fareed Zakaria