Tag Lukashenko

Non-violence and its limitations

The continuing mass protests in Belarus haven’t yet toppled the zombie dictator, whose crazy dogs are reacting to the peaceful rallies with escalating brutality. Lukashenko’s security forces are outnumbered by a factor of 50 to 100, yet they are still…

Is necrosis contagious?

Alexander Lukashenko flew to Sochi yesterday to beg Vladimir Putin for help. He was promised a loan of $1.5 billion. Here are two clippings from Radio Liberty’s yesterday’s broadcast, in my translation from Russian. Anatoly Lebed’ko, a Belarusian politician: Lukashenko…

“Cosplaying Allende and Pinochet at once”

“Massive protests flood Belarus once more, as Lukashenko appears brandishing assault rifle,” ABC News reports from Minsk. As one pro-Kremlin political consultant has remarked on his Telegram channel, “Lukashenko is cosplaying Allende and Pinochet at the same time.” Another, less…

Guess who’s the baddest guy now

The popular Russian observer Stanislav Belkovsky on Lukashenko’s new role after the multilateral talks in Minsk. Belkovsky. – Alexander Grigoryevich is the principal beneficiary of these meetings. Koroleva. – Recall how he was called the principal dictator, Europe’s last dictator.…