The businessman and blogger Siarhei Tsikhanouski labeled Lukashenko as "a cockroach" as in the children's poem "The Mighty Cockroach", with the slipper signifying stamping the cockroach was detained in late May 2020 with accusations of being a foreign agent.[9] In June 2020, a lowered approval of Lukashenko amid his handling of the coronavirus pandemic led to street protests, after Lukashenko dismissed the threat of the COVID-19 virus.[10] Many opposition candidates registered for the next election as a result of the movement, but many of the candidates were arrested.[9]