05 March 2011

BELARUS: President Alexander Lukashenko Interviewed.

WaPOST/ SLATE/ L. Weymouth
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    Three more men were just sentenced for up to four years for their roles in December protests over the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko.
    In a three-hour interview with Washington Post senior associate editor Lally Weymouth, Lukashenko ranged from combative to plaintive.
   The taped interview was conducted in English, with a Lukashenko aide interpreting, then transcribed.
  Here are excerpts.