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In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, mannequins in soccer uniforms with the faces of "virtual fans" who bought tickets online are seen on grandstand seats during the match between FC Dynamo Brest and FC Shakhter Soligorsk in Brest, Belarus. Belarus is the last country in Europe still hosting pro sports in front of spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic, but attendances are shrinking as fans decide the stadium is too risky. (Alexey Komelkov, FC Dynamo Brest via AP)

Belarusian soccer club puts mannequins in stands as fans stay away

by Yuras Karmanau Associated PressApril 10, 2020April 10, 2020

MINSK, Belarus — They don’t chant, they don’t move, and they mostly wear the wrong colors.They’re not even real.Defending Belarusian league champion Dynamo Brest has started boosting its home crowds with mannequins in soccer shirts and adorned with…

In this photo taken on Friday, March 27, 2020, women dressed in Belarusian national clothes carry traditional bread to greet players prior to the Belarus Championship soccer match between Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and Belshina Bobruisk in the town of Zhodino, Belarus. Longtime Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is proudly keeping soccer and hockey arenas open even though most sports around the world have shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild...

Sports make political point for Belarus amid virus outbreak

by Yuras Karmanau Associated PressMarch 30, 2020March 30, 2020

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French President Emmanuel Macron, center, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, sit before a working session with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Elysee Palace Monday, Dec. 9, 2019 in Paris. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's president are meeting for the first time at a summit in Paris to find a way to end the five years of fighting in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

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