JOHN NICOLSON M.P. @MrJohnNicolson
Tragically, a short lived experiment with democracy. At the first presidential elections #Belarus elected as president Aleaxander #Lukashenko who has retained a dictatorial grip over the country ever since. He had been the only deputy to vote against Belarusian independence. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Kokcharov @AlexKokcharov
On this day in 1991 my native #Belarus formally declared independence from the #USSR. I was on summer holiday at th… https://t.co/U23hYLKgoc