F6, can't argue with Balarus' Christian Lukashenko either. At least not effectively.
Yours? LMAO!
BELARUS: Crackdown on Dissent Feared Ahead of Elections
By Pavol Stracansky WARSAW, Mar 22 2010 (IPS) .. to end ..
“Lukashenko is more interested in power in his own state than improving relations with the EU. It is a matter of priorities for him. He is the king in his own country and wants to stay that way and will do what he has to to stop any opposition before the elections. There will be restrictions on NGOs, media and all parts of civil society.
Russia's Medvedev attacks Belarus President Lukashenko
4 October 2010
President Lukashenko has enjoyed Moscow's support for 16 years
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has launched a strong attack on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who faces re-election in December. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-11469027
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.. most open election under Lukashenko is window dressing, he needs European money .. opposition leaders jailed ..
Protesters try to storm government HQ in Belarus 20 December 2010
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Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko has been declared the winner, but the opposition claims the result is rigged.
Official results announced early on Monday gave President Lukashenko 79.7% of the vote. This will be the authoritarian leader's fourth term in office.
“Today we should be united as never before as there is a serious strike made against the most important thing that have always united us and brought us up. It is a strike against the foundation, on which we based our lives, against Christian values,” the President said at a meeting with participants in the European Orthodox-Catholic Forum.
“We should stand for Christian values, whatever it costs. If we lose them, we lose everything,” the head of the state said.
Belarus election: Alexander Lukashenko wins fifth term with election landslide
The president, who has ruled for 20 years, retained power after winning 83.5% of the vote and could now see EU sanctions lifted
President Alexander Lukashenko at a polling station on Sunday, where he voted along with his 11-year-old son, Nikolai. Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP
Shaun Walker in Moscow Monday 12 October 2015 09.26 EDT
The Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has won a predicted landslide victory in presidential elections, giving the 61-year-old a fifth term in power, amid signs the EU may be willing to relax sanctions against him.
The Guardian view on Europe and Belarus: engage without illusion
Editorial
The re-election of Alexander Lukashenko was a sham. Any dialogue with him must come with clear conditions attached
Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko (centre) and his son Nikolai at an independence day parade in Minsk on 3 July 2013. ‘The EU should not hand Mr Lukashenko the ultimate prize of complete relegitimisation.’ Photograph: Nikolai Petrov/AFP/Getty Images
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