Lukashenko Denies Being a 'Dictator' in Speech to Belarusian Students

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has rejected claims he is a 'dictator' during a speech to students, saying his limited economic power prevents him from exerting control over other nations.   #belarus #lukashenko #russia #belarus

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00:00Critics say that I am a dictator, that we have a dictatorship.

00:04Don't believe anyone.

00:05There is no dictatorship in our country and there can't be.

00:08There can't be.

00:09Do you know why?

00:10Because in order to be a dictator, you must have the levers of dictatorship.

00:14And what levers of dictatorship do I have?

00:16The Yanks dreamed them up.

00:18Dictator.

00:19Dictator.

00:20And how can I dictate to America?

00:22Today, Trump, Biden and others cannot dictate a country which produces more than 30% of the world's GDP.

00:29And what can I dictate with?

00:31Do we have the strongest economy, that I can come to Russia or China, stamp my foot and say, do this?

00:37No.

00:38This is all nonsense.

00:39I don't have, for example, like Joseph Vissarionovich.

00:43Historians know.

00:44Stalin.

00:45He could have been a dictator.

00:46Or Hitler.

00:47He could have been a dictator.

00:49All of Europe was under his heel, everyone there was afraid of him and so on.

00:53And what do I have?

00:54I understand this clearly.

00:56There is no dictatorship and I don't need it.

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