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Alexander Lukashenko marks 30 years in power as leader of Belarus
For three decades, European leaders have come and gone by the dozen, but Alexander Lukashenko remains in absolute control of Belarus. His longevity is thanks to a mixture of silencing dissent, reverting to Soviet-style economic controls and methods, and …