47.8.1. Belarus (Белоруссия)
The dictator: Alexander Lukashenko (Лукашенко, Александр Григорьевич).
Figure 324. The Moscow-Minsk friendship mural in Minsk (capital of Belarus), originally meant to show the harmonious alliance between Belarus and Russia, was defaced in 2016 by adding barbed wire amidst the flowers held and worn by the boy and girl which represent Russia and Belarus respectively, which indicates that the friendship is actually a prison for Belarus. Dictatorships tend to work together (独裁政权倾向于合作) comes to mind. Photo by Aleh Larychau. Upload on Wikimedia Commons deleted because of the lack of Freedom of panorama in Belarus. https://www.euronews.com/2020/12/21/how-the-crisis-in-belarus-is-politicising-a-new-wave-of-street-artists.
The dictator: Alexander Lukashenko (Лукашенко, Александр Григорьевич).
Figure 324. The Moscow-Minsk friendship mural in Minsk (capital of Belarus), originally meant to show the harmonious alliance between Belarus and Russia, was defaced in 2016 by adding barbed wire amidst the flowers held and worn by the boy and girl which represent Russia and Belarus respectively, which indicates that the friendship is actually a prison for Belarus. Dictatorships tend to work together (独裁政权倾向于合作) comes to mind. Photo by Aleh Larychau. Upload on Wikimedia Commons deleted because of the lack of Freedom of panorama in Belarus. https://www.euronews.com/2020/12/21/how-the-crisis-in-belarus-is-politicising-a-new-wave-of-street-artists.
