Part One: Alexander Lukashenko: The Dictator of Belarus

Robert is joined by Garrison Davis to discuss Alexander Lukashenko.

FOOTNOTES:

1. https://www.vox.com/2020/8/10/21357805/belarus-election-tikhanovskaya-lukashenko-protest-minsk  
2. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/europe/alexander-lukashenko-coronavirus-infection-intl/index.html 
3. https://www.politico.eu/article/lukashenkos-brand-image-is-the-real-thing/ 
4. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/07/10/homophobia-vote-rigging-and-posturing-20-years-of-lukashenko-a37216 
5. https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-strongman-lukashenko-marks-25-years-in-power/a-49530563 
6. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/profiles/3080936/Alexander-Lukashenko-Dictator-with-a-difference.html
7. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.2979/jfolkrese.53.2.02 
8. https://books.google.com/books?id=0Tn_CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=alexander+lukashenko+biography&source=bl&ots=Rnv4tPj6K5&sig=ACfU3U17riZ_9mexSZAlqZJnX3sXUfc1GQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrpc3RwJLrAhWYpZ4KHdAoBKAQ6AEwDXoECBgQAQ#v=onepage&q=alexander%20lukashenko%20biography&f=false 
9. https://carnegie.ru/2018/04/12/house-that-lukashenko-built-foundation-evolution-and-future-of-belarusian-regime-pub-76059 
10. https://www.obserwatorfinansowy.pl/in-english/macroeconomics/the-belarusian-economic-crisis-is-both-the-result-and-the-cause/ 
11. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/25/world/belarus-voters-back-populist-in-protest-at-the-quality-of-life.html 
12. https://twitter.com/closeface12/status/1292839014056300544 

 

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