https://leftfootforward.org/2012/10/alexander-lukashenko-belarus-europes-last-dictator/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://leftfootforward.org/2012/10/alexander-lukashenko-belarus-europes-last-dictator/#comment-190399 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:02:00 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=56711#comment-190399 Thank you for this great article – but how often have you been writing about Belarus before? What was the reason of your silence? And what concerns the interview of Lebedev: Lukashenko made it happen to have a platform for his propaganda against (what the despote) calls the West. Lebedev swallowed all claims of Lukashenko like an undergraduate journalism student, which can be seen in the pieces published earlier before. Neither he asks Lukashenko for evidence for his claims nor does he counter Lukashenko. Lebedko swallowed four hours of verbal dirt in Minsk – but in London presents himself as a journalist. In the end Lukashenko got what he wanted: an interview with media from the West (although owned by a Russian) and two hours of propaganda material – which will be broadcasted on state-controlled Channel 1 in Belarus tonight (24.10.2012) at prime time. Sometimes silence would be more wise, Mr. Molden, and counting links on Google means to know nothing about the real situation in Belarus.

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