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    1. HighDeltaVee on

      “Hours later, a new candidate bearing a suspicious resemblance to Lukashenko in a Groucho Marx wig and nose announced his candicacy.”

    2. Academic-Flan-2316 on

      Its gonna be Medwedew again, and after that back to lukashenko. We’ve seen this one before

    3. Lumpy-Valuable-8050 on

      Ooh is Vladimir Putin going to be an option this time? šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€

    4. IshTheFace on

      The word ‘promise’ was only mentioned in the headline. Nowhere was he quoted saying he wouldn’t run.
      “No, I’m not planning to anymore, not planning to” Oh, hey! Maybe he’ll do it anyway, becauuuuse…
      “— well, listen, if Trump is nearly 80 and still looks decent…,ā€”

      I don’t feel *I don’t plan to* to be a cross-my-heart promise of anything, but maybe that’s just me.

    5. If previous “strongman” authoritarian regimes are anything to go by, it’ll be some faceless bureaucrat(s) who will either:

      * democratize like in Spain (not hapenning lmao)
      * maintain the levers of power, but open up the regime to some degree, like in Yugoslavia and Kazakhstan (somewhat likely)
      * not do jackshit and get deposed like in Portugal (extremely unlikely)

      If it’s somebody with an actual profile, things will remain as usual.

    6. Psychological-Bed543 on

      Yeah Lukashenko is going to step down then whoever wins next will step down bravely and appoint Lukashenko as president, and he’ll refuse respectfully but be insisted and then the nation will clap loudly and cheer for him to do it anyway and he’ll reluctantly continue holding power for another ~~four~~ eight years because the people of Belarus love him so much!!!!! /s

    7. new_accnt1234 on

      Luky’s replacement is Putin, Belarus will be joined under Russia as one state, that much is clear…Luky rather doomed his country than allow to be replaced, good job, especially since he disliked Putin his whole life and tried to keep Belarus his own playground…but now afraid for his life he hands it to Putin no problem, not caring 1 single bit for the country and all for living 5-10 more years

    8. craftsman_70 on

      The key here is “run in the next election”… Who said that there will be an election?

    9. FollowingRare6247 on

      Ah yes, as politics is where everyone sticks by their words!

    10. Cookies4weights on

      Russia will probably complete annexation (See ā€œUnion Stateā€).

    11. Toffeljegarn on

      There will be a vote to join russia, the vote will be 98.7% in favour.

    12. dustofdeath on

      Time to retire somewhere warm with massive wealth before russia collapses with b-russia.

    13. >stated that he does not plan to run in the next “presidential election” in the country

      But will his country still exist at the end of his term? Belarus may be part of the Union State, and Lukashenko may hold the position of ā€˜one of the 12 ministers of the Union State’ with full immunity from prosecution, and that’s it.

    14. He will gracefully walk then. He’s too old to run anymoreĀ 

    15. AnyBug1039 on

      I’m sure the next election will be free and fair, without any interference.

    16. Penderbron on

      Just another Putin’s muppet anyway… So irrelevant if it’s not Lukashenko himself.

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