'Token' Belarussian MP hopes to give opposition a voice

By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - The election in Belarus of lawmakers critical of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has split pro-democracy activists in the ex-Soviet republic once dubbed Europe's last dictatorship. Many argue that the appointments are a token gesture to the West from Lukashenko aimed at improving ties at a time of economic crisis and strained relations with main ally, Russia. On Sept. 11, Anna Kanopatskaya, a little-known member of the pro-Western United Civil P