Protests as Belarus votes to renounce non nuclear status
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko observes the exercise of the strategic deterrence force, in Moscow. Photo: Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via Reuters
Protesters took to the streets as Belarus held a referendum on Sunday to adopt a new constitution that would ditch its non-nuclear status at a time when the country has become a launchpad for Russian troops invading Ukraine.