Spectators watch the movie 'Knives out' at the drive-in open air cinema in Minsk, Belarus, late 12 June 2020. Drive-in open air cinema was opened in Minsk as an alternative to regular cinemas during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA/EFE)





Opposition supporters wearing protective face masks attend a rally in Minsk, Belarus, 24 May 2020. The presidential campaign has kicked off in Belarus, with the election scheduled for 09 August 2020. Incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko, who has held an iron grip on power since Belarus' independence in 1991, is the clear frontrunner to win reelection for a sixth consecutive term. (Photo by Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA/EFE)





In this picture taken on Wednesday, May 26, 2020, Valery Tsepkalo, a potential candidate in the upcoming presidential election, smiles as his wife Veronica looks on in Minsk, Belarus. The central elections commission in Belarus has rejected a top challenger's bid to run against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in this summer's election. Tsepkalo, a former ambassador to the United States and a founder of a successful high-technology park, submitted 160,000 signatures on petitions to get on the ballot for the Aug. 9 election, but the commission said only 75,000 were valid less than the 100,000 needed. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)





Paramedic Nadezhda Konanava, 65, wearing a protective suit inspects a patient at the village of Novaya Obol, some 70 km outside Vitebsk, on June 1, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/Sputnik/AFP Photo)





Belarusian shepherd Alexey Usikov, 33, drives a horse-drawn carriage, equipped with a battery, head lights, small potbelly stove, which he crafted out of an old Audi-80 calling it jokingly Audi-40 as he used only a half of the car, in the village of Knyazhytsy, Belarus on May 28, 2020. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





Ballet dancers wear protective masks, as they train at Belarusian National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre train amid the ongoing pandemic of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Minsk, Belarus, 25 May 2020. The Theatre restarted training sessions after quarantine. (Photo by Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA/EFE)





The hands of a woman collecting signatures for alternative candidates, is reflected on the glasses of a man wearing a protective face mask, on June 7, 2020 in Minsk, ahead of Belarus presidential election on August 9, 2020. Belarusians who queue for hours to leave signatures in support of opposition candidates are effectively giving incumbent president a vote of no confidence, said Alexander Klaskovsky, an analyst working for the privately-owned BelaPan news agency. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





Activists wearing protective masks and gloves gather signatures in support of their potential candidates in the upcoming presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus, 14 June 2020. The presidential campaign has kicked off in Belarus, with the election scheduled for 09 August 2020. (Photo by Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA/EFE)





A pair of ducks fly over a blossoming rape field on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, May 20, 2020. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)





Girls brave a strong wind as storm clouds roll above the the town of Novogrudok, 150 km (93 miles) west of Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, June 18, 2020, minutes before heavy rain engulfed the city. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)





Veterans gather to watch a military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Minsk on May 9, 2020. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





Ballet dancers wearing face masks take part in a rehearsal of Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus in Minsk, on May 27, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





Students of Minsk's high school No 33 during a graduation ceremony. Celebrations of high school graduation were canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Minsk, Belarus on June 10, 2020. (Photo by Natalia Fedosenko/TASS)





A patient of a social shelter buys food from a truck transformed into a mobile shop in the village of Kreva, some 100 km northwest of Minsk, on May 14, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





Bees fly in and out of the hives near the rapeseed field on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus on June 5, 2020. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





A man, wearing a mask to protect against coronavirus, attends a rally to support for potential presidential candidates in the upcoming presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, May 31, 2020. A human rights group in Belarus says more than 30 people have been detained amid demonstrations against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko running for another term. The presidential campaign is underway in Belarus despite the coronavirus outbreak after the parliament and government refused to postpone the election scheduled for August 9. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)





Servicemen of the Belarusian Armed Forces perform the national anthem after swearing their oaths on the parade ground of the 72nd Guards Joint Training Centre educating warrant officers and junior staff. (Photo by Natalia Fedosenko/TASS via Getty Images)





Two women wearing face masks walk down a street in the town of Vitebsk, some 295 km northeast of Minsk, on May 21, 2020. 33 371 COVID-19 cases and 185 deaths were registered in Belarus, according to authorities. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





Belarusian police detain a protester at a rally in Minsk on June 19, 2020. (Photo by Uladz Hryzdin/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)





Visitors enjoy a ride at the open-air aquapark “Dreamland” in Minsk, Belarus, 27 June 2020, amid the ongoing pandemic of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Aquapark 'Dreamland' is considered one of the biggest open-air aquaparks in Europe. Local media report that Minsk is experiencing summer temperatures of up to 30 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Belarusian women take a selfie as they take part in the Mrs and Miss Minsk city pageant, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Minsk, Belarus on June 26, 2020. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)