alexander lukashenko rules belarus, and he is dubbed europe s lasting tatea, he has been defined by russia s president, vladimir putin, transforming belarus into a near vassal state. he helped launched his 2022 invasion of ukraine, and using belarusian skies to bomb ukrainians. translator: we will never be enemies of russia and never look disapprovingly of russia and this is the country and people closest to us, and while we are in power we will stick to this