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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: ...