DailyOh! A Patel problem in Lakshadweep, an airplane Belarus brought down DailyO 2 hours ago DailyBite In a cult film that gave birth to the cult of Dudeism, The Big Lebowski, Jeff Lebowski, played by Jeff Bridges, drinks White Russian, a vodka-based cocktail (read till the end for Jeff Lebowski's recipe of White Russian). Belarus literally means the White Russia. How white can one get? But Belarus is in news for all kinds of darkness brought to the world by its president Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko literally means son of Lucas, the one who brings light. Oh the irony! So this is what happened. The Belarussian government came to know that a flight going to Vilnius from Athens had Roman Protasevich, a blogger the regime isn't really fond of. Roman ran Telegram channels that organised protests against President Lukashenko, demanding his ouster. Lukashenko is a dictator and not really loved by the people since he has overstayed his time. He has been the President of Belarus since the country became independent from Soviet Russia. That was 30 years ago. People want change, Lukashenko wants to stay put, and rules the country with an iron hand.