The parliament of the landlocked country in Eastern Europe proclaimed the sovereignty of Belarus on 27 July 1990. Following the fall of USSR, Belarus gained independence on 25th August 1991. Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko served as president of Belarus since the establishment of the office 26 years ago, on 20 July 1994. By heading an authoritarian regime, he has been often termed asContinue reading “The Belarus issue: Europe’s last dictatorship”