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Natalia Leshchenko

Natalia Leshchenko is an expert on politics and business in Russia and Belarus

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Belarus's election paradox

Alexander Lukashenka has won a total election victory. But is that what Belarus’s president wanted? Natalia Leshchenko digs deeper to read the results, and advises Europe to take note.

(This article was first published on 1 October 2008)

Belarus: the shackles of sovereignty

The idea of national independence is a perfect instrument for Belarus’s autocrat to crush the freedom his people need, says Natalia Leshchenko.