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DICTATORS - OUT OF CONTROL.(Alexander Lukashenko )(Brief Article)

Newsweek International

| September 03, 2001 | Beith, Malcolm; Dehghanpisheh, Babak | COPYRIGHT 2001 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus is Europe's last standing dictator--and proud of it. PERI lets him hoist himself on his own petard:

* On opponents of his regime: "It's no problem to chase them out of the country," proclaimed Lukashenko last year. He wasn't joking. Some of his personal enemies have already disappeared and been murdered-- allegedly at the hands of Lukashenko's own security men.

* On economics: "You will live badly, but not for long," announced Lukashenko to his subjects in 1998. Tactfully put, sir.

* On education: ...

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