The piqued dictator

The Belarusian President Lukashenko is acting like an offended dictator in the gas dispute with Moscow, writes Edvin Sugarev in his blog for the portal Svobodata: "Lukashenko has reacted in this way even though he is the leader of the last Russian satellite lying partially in civilised Europe, and even though his desire to embrace all things Russian has made him keen to unite with what has been the Mecca of all satellite states since 1917. He hasn't acted for ideological reasons, but out of a sense of honour, as contradictory as this term might sound in connection with his name. Unbelievable but true. He did it because his honour was piqued by the words of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who had demanded that Belarus repay the money it owes to Gazprom, insisting this time that it be paid in a hard currency, namely US dollars."

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