Buzgalin, AV ; Kolganov, AI, The Protests in Belarus: Context, Causes and Lessons , Critical Sociology, Vol. 47, no. 3, 2020, pp. 441-453 This article provides an analysis of the socio-economic background to the protests, the social and class composition of the protesters (and of those who did not take part) and the 'contradictions within the Belarusian "power elite". It was written whilst the protests were still taking place.