A SOVIET-STYLE STRONGMAN STILL RULES BELARUS
ON AUGUST 25, 1991, Belarus formally gained its independence from the Soviet Union. But in many ways, the country is stuck in the USSR.
Streets are still named after famous Communist figures, and a statue of Lenin sits in the capital city of Minsk. The state intelligence agency is still called the KGB. And callbacks to Soviet times go much deeper.
Democratic governance, freedom, and flourishing in Belarus have long been hampered by Alexander Lukashenko,
