“The last dictator in Europe” Inaugurated in Isolation
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko was inaugurated Friday for a fourth term. Sometimes called “the last dictator in Europe,” Lukashenko now may see his rule stretch for 21 years.
Speaking in Belarussian, Alexander Lukashenko was inaugurated as president of Belarus in a ceremony marked by isolation.
The streets of Minsk were eerily empty when the president and his nine motorcycle convoy swept down Independence Avenue. One month earlier, 40,000 people filled that same avenue, protesting an election they said was rigged.