Belarus shuts its borders, Lukashenko reshuffles officials

People, most of them pensioners, carry a big old Belarusian national flag during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Factory workers, students and business owners in Belarus have started a general strike, calling for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to resign after more than two months of mass protests triggered by a disputed election. (AP Photo)

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (Nikolai Petrov/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

Belarusian opposition politician Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya is photographed prior to a meeting with Denmark's Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Tikhanovskaja is in Denmark to receive the Politiken's Freedom Prize. (Emil Helms /Ritzau Scanpix 2020 via AP)

People, most of them pensioners, wave bunches of flowers during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Factory workers, students and business owners in Belarus have started a general strike, calling for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to resign after more than two months of mass protests triggered by a disputed election. (AP Photo)