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Lukashenko, bogeyman for both West and Russia
Dec 21 2010, Dmitri

(Reuters) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who began a fourth term as president on Monday after big street protests against his re-election, is a Soviet-style strongman who portrays himself as a man of the people while muzzling dissent.

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There are many reasons for me to remember Mr. Solzhenitsyn. Long time back, while rummaging book shelves in a library, in Kolkata, I was a lucky chap to get “One Day...
Politics & Society, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, prisons, Soviet
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Airborne forces veterans drink vodka in memory of their fellows near the graves of Soviet Army soldiers killed during the fighting in Afghanistan at Chizhovskoye cemetery outside Minsk, Belarus, on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. The annual tradition marks...

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