2017 in Belarus
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The following lists events in the year 2017 in Belarus.
Incumbents
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[edit]February
[edit]- 19 February - 2000 people spread the march of the 2017 Belarusian protests from the capital of Minsk to other cities in Belarus against a 2015 tax law.[1]
March
[edit]- 25 March - Despite bans on protests, hundreds protest in Minsk against a so-called "social parasites" tax on the unemployed.[2]
Deaths
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- 28 January – Alexander Tikhanovich, pop singer (b. 1952).[3]
- 2 August – Alexander Gerasimenko, politician and diplomat (b. 1946)
References
[edit]- ^ "Belarus tax protests spread beyond capital". Reuters. 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Belarus protests: Hundreds arrested after defying ban". BBC News. 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Пайшоў з жыцця Аляксандр Ціхановіч". racyja.com (in Belarusian). Retrieved 4 February 2017.