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Putin and Belarus: Five Reasons Not to Save Lukashenko
By Stephen Sestanovich
Europe's 'last dictator' in a brutal fight for survival
By Max Seddon & James Shotter
Belarus: Mass protest eclipses defiant Belarus leader's rally
Belarus's leader pleads for Putin's help as post-election protests grow
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Formerly TwitterSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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I want to thank @LRSeimas for the important decision not to impose additional restrictions on the movement of Belarusians. It’s a vital message that you separate the European people of #Belarus & the criminal pro-Russian Minsk regime. We should isolate Lukashenka, not the people. pic.twitter.com/LKAM382DCk
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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Now we heard from the dictator Lukashenka that life has never been better in #Belarus. Meanwhile, in the real world, we continue to fight for the basic freedoms that he has denied our people for three decades. Belarusians see the difference between reality & the dictator's lies. pic.twitter.com/NT1J0cFxco
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Lukashenka recalled how he spent time with a nuclear warhead
"We on the territory of Belarus had the most modern at the time, strategic nuclear weapons. I saw it, as I said before, I embraced a strategic nuclear warhead." pic.twitter.com/3lNbYJF6Nr
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Lukashenka threatens relatives of his opponents
During the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, he said: "I warn those who are going to attack Belarus: you're doing a lot of harm to your relatives. You have property in Belarus - I advise you to forget about this property, but do… pic.twitter.com/dXz93S1V2s
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