bravo! 5+!

Cageybee, this "mono tejano" guy speaks Russian, so he knows who Luka is.

I guarantee you that MOST Americans don't know who the president of Belarus is, and most definatelly, people outside of Russia in any country have no clue that his nick is Luka or Bat'ska.

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Of course most Americans don't know who Lukashenko is. Why would they?

That would be like expecting most Russians to know who the governor of Texas is. There's no reason to know that, so why should you?

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In all honesty how many people on this forum outside this thread will know who he is though? It was maybe an overstatement to say none but most won't know before seeing this thread.

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Admittedly, very few, if any. It would be the same as if you asked Russians who the Mayor of Miami is. They wouldn't know because it's not important to them.

Exactly, that was the point made originally.

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The union forever defending our rights, down with the blackleg, workers unite. To our brothers and our sisters in many far off lands, there is power in a union.
Money speaks for money, the devil for his own. - Billy Bragg

By the way, couple weeks ago Belarus kicked American ambassador out of the country because of the sanctions imposed by US.

What's intersting here is that America imposed sanctions simply because Belarus and Venezuela decided to do business together.
American logic!

Belarus advises U.S. ambassador to leave over sanctions
07/ 03/ 2008



MINSK, March 7 (RIA Novosti) - Belarus advised the United States ambassador to leave the capital, Minsk, and recalled its ambassador from Washington for consultations, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
The ministry said the move was made over sanctions Washington imposed last year against the former Soviet republic.
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"At the same time the government of Belarus strongly recommends U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Karen Stewart leave the country for the same purpose," the ministry added.

In mid-November last year, the U.S. introduced sanctions against Belarus's national petrochemical company Belneftekhim and froze the assets of its U.S. subsidiary, which Belarus said breached a bilateral trade deal, designed to give better access for Belarusian goods and services, as well as the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).

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"She [the ambassador] would be the first to be kicked out", said Lukashenko. "She attends opposition hangouts and says economic sanctions could be introduced against Belarus, heating up the situation. Let the American ambassador deal with her own problems, otherwise she may have to leave her post in Belarus ahead of time," Lukashenko said.

The president said the U.S. sanctions were caused by Belarus starting work in Venezuela. In December, a joint Belarusian-Venezuelan oil production company was opened there, with plans to produce about 7 million tons (51.45 million bbl) of oil annually, 40% will go to Belarus and 60% to Venezuela.

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Official photo of U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Karen B. Stewart

.........the latest news..........


Belarus again advises U.S. to reduce embassy staff
23/ 04/ 2008



MINSK, April 23 (RIA Novosti) - Belarus has again called on the United States to reduce its embassy staff in Minsk, a statement from the country's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Earlier in the month Belarusian Foreign Minister Viktor Gaisenok asked the U.S. to cut its diplomatic staff to seven, i.e. an ambassador and six embassy personnel, but Washington has so far not made any response.

This time the statement did not specify the number of personnel that Minsk wants to see at the U.S. diplomatic mission, but said that the Foreign Ministry summoned on April 23 the U.S. charge d'affaires in Belarus, Jonathan Moore, to deliver the official note.

Belarus recalled its ambassador earlier in March for consultations and demanded that the U.S. cut the number of embassy staff in Belarus by half. The U.S. agreed.
[bUntil recently the U.S. employed 38 diplomats in Belarus, and Minsk had 18 diplomatic staff in Washington.[/b]

RIA Novosti - World - Belarus again advises U.S. to reduce embassy staff

Belarus kicks out U.S. diplomats



Ten American diplomats have been asked to leave Belarus within 72 hours. The U.S. Charge d’Affaires in Minsk, Jonathan Moore, was summoned to the Belarus Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to receive the news.
Officials handed Moore a list of people declared persona non grata in Belarus, and told to reduce the number of U.S. diplomats in the Republic to five - not including the ambassador.

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Baiting, hate filled anti-American rhetoric, and from a supposedly unbiased moderator no less.