Danilova

Regulators do not plan to limit yuan usage now and may encourage banks to use more by relaxing provisioning requirements for the currency while tightening them for dollars and euros, Elizaveta Danilova, director at the central bank's financial stability department, told a conference this month.

Her principal teacher was Lola Bravo, a doyenne of Spanish dance who also believed in the importance of classical ballet; Ms. Ramirez went on to study with Ballets Russes ballerina Alexandra Danilova.

In addition to studying with Ms. Bravo, Ms. Ramirez studied under the classical ballerina Alexandra Danilova and the modern dance pioneer Anna Sokolow.

This month, Ms. Danilova, the start-up founder, left her phone at home and moved in with friends, planning to hop in a car and leave the country if her husband were to tell her that the K.G.B. — as the Belarus security service is still known — had come looking for her.

Ms. Danilova collected signatures to try to get Mr. Babariko on the ballot and helped start a volunteer group called Honest People that, she says, has channeled some $150,000 in donations to Belarusians fired for their political views.