INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The son of a jailed Belarusian banker and philanthropist wassentenced to eight years in prison on charges related to the disputed 2020
elections in Belarus that sparked mass protests and a brutal crackdown on critics of President Alexander Lukashenko.Eduard Babariko, 33, was
arrested along with his father Viktor Babariko in the run-up to the 2020 Belarusian presidential elections that Lukashenko claimed to have
2021, he wassentenced to 14 years in a maximum-security prison on bribery and tax evasion charges that supporters dismissed as politically
motivated.The Minsk District Court on Wednesday found the younger Babariko guilty of tax evasion, money laundering, incitement of hatred and
prison.Prosecutors had requested the court to sentence him to 10 years in prison.The state-run daily Minskaya Pravdapublished video of the
younger Babariko handcuffed inside a courtroom during his hearing.He is the latest Belarusian opposition figure who has been jailed or
