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Eugene

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Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:35 PM Mar 25

Authoritarian leader of Belarus is sworn for a 7th term and tells his critics 'you have no future'

Source: Associated Press

Authoritarian leader of Belarus is sworn for a 7th term and tells his critics ‘you have no future’

By YURAS KARMANAU
Updated 1:19 PM EDT, March 25, 2025

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in Tuesday to a seventh term, and he mocked those who derided him as “Europe’s last dictator” by saying his country has more democracy “than those who cast themselves as its models.”

“Half of the world is dreaming about our ‘dictatorship,’ the dictatorship of real business and interests of our people,” Lukashenko, 70, said in his inauguration speech at the Independence Palace in the capital of Minsk.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/belarus-lukashenko-election-inauguration-crackdown-7b5d85b8400d678a19608f3054e63350

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Authoritarian leader of Belarus is sworn for a 7th term and tells his critics 'you have no future' (Original Post) Eugene Mar 25 OP
Ugh. Our future. NCDem47 Mar 25 #1
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