- Politician | August 30, 1954 -
The arms business is an absolutely acceptable business.
Alexander Lukashenko
BusinessArmsAbsolutelyAcceptable
The basis of my politics is, first of all, fairness and honesty.
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I have always believed that genuine democracy is fairness.
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As president, I'm not supposed to play games or show my hand, because there's a lot going on behind the scenes that you don't see or hear and don't need to know.
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People call me an anti-reformer. That's absolutely stupid.
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I understand reform to mean the perfection of what previous generations have already done. I'm not an advocate of destroying, 'kroshat,' and then selling like they do in Russia. That's how we can prevent the wild corruption in our state like they have in the other post-Soviet states.
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American envoys came to see me before the crisis in Iraq and asked me to say that there were nuclear weapons in Iraq. I refused. They even told me that things would go well for Belarus in terms of investments, etc. All I had to do was to support them. I told them that I couldn't do it because I knew that there were no nuclear weapons there.
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Unlike in the U.K. or France or America, we've never used water cannon for mass riots dispersal.
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If you get a child when you're 50, you'll understand what children are.
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A president has - and I had it even before I became president - a very special relationship with the people, a connection based on feelings.
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There are some people bent on blowing up the situation in the country. I call them the fifth column. They are not an opposition. They want to stage a rebellion in the country. Their dream is to topple the government and overthrow the president.
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The color revolution virus affects only weak countries. Belarus does not have any breeding ground for this.
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