Women of Power: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya For Belarus a missed opportunity It was not meant to be thus when the Belarusian president, Aleksander Lukashenko, unveiled his government's groundbreaking startup decree in December 2017, promising state incentives and tax breaks to tech founders in his country. After ruling the landlocked state for 24 years, Lukashenko seemed to understand the need to diversify his country's economy. Minsk also signed the IT Decree 2.0 — a digital economy initiative designed to simplify business for tech companies — while also attracting international talent b...