Anti-Russia Demonstrators Shows Solidarity With Ukraine

About 2,000 opposition activists have marched through the Belarusian capital to condemn Russia's policy and express solidarity with Ukraine. The demonstrators carried a placard reading "Russia is War," a reference to Moscow's support for a separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine. Wednesday's rally in Minsk was approved by the authorities and police didn't intervene. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has forged close economic, political and military ties with Russia, which has supported the ally with cheap energy and other subsidies. Lukashenko has ruled the nation of 10 million with an iron hand for more than 20 years, drawing Western criticism for his relentless crackdown on dissent and independent media.