Analysis: Minsk severely restricts freedoms but the regime is far from totalitarian. Now that the president is playing peacemaker in the Ukraine conflict, its time for the west to review the way it sees Belarus, writes Ryhor AstapeniaFormer US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice labelled Belarus Europes last dictatorship in 2005 and since then it has become a cliche perpetuated by international politicians and media. In 2012 alone, for example, two books on Belarus with titles including last dictatorship appeared in English one by academic and think tank expert Andrew Wilson and the other by former British ambassador in …read more
Source: The Guardian
