Can Alexander Lukashenko cling on to power

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The authoritarian's regime has been building resilience for 26 years, but that doesn't mean there isn't trouble ahead, writes Oliver Carroll

is anything, he is a survivor. You don’t stay in post for 26 years without an instinct for self-preservation.’s ‘dictator’ has applied the tactics of a sumo wrestler, smothering his political opponents, before dispatching them to prison or exile.

 

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