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                            Belarusian President Attempts a Divisive National Ideology                        
                    
                 
                
	In his annual parliamentary address last week, Belarusian president Aliaksandr Lukashenka stated the need for defining a post-soviet Belarusian identity. By a way of an answer, he offered curtailing of democratic freedoms and crackdown on dissent.
         
         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                        