MINSK — One of President Alexander Lukashenko’s main political opponents was sentenced Saturday to five years in a high-security jail after being convicted of helping to organize a rally against the leader’s re-election. Andrei Sannikov, who had denied the charges, is the first to be sentenced of five presidential candidates who are standing trial in Minsk for their part in a mass protest on Dec. 19. Sannikov’s wife, journalist Irina […]