FILE PHOTO: Olaf Scholz, who says he has been proposed by his Social Democratic Party (SPD) leadership as their candidate for the Chancellor at next year's elections, attends a news conference in Berlin, Germany August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz described Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday as a dictator who had lost the support of his people and warned Moscow against intervening to keep him in power.
Belarusians chanting "Step down!" filled the centre of the capital Minsk on Sunday in the biggest protest so far against what demonstrators said was the fraudulent re-election a week ago of the longtime president. [nL8N2FI0A6]
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