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Lukashenka says that he is far inferior to Lenin and Stalin

 

Alyaksandr Lukashenka said on Tuesday that he was far inferior to Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin.

"Of course, my attitude toward the period of Stalin and Lenin is somewhat different than that of the Russian public now," Mr. Lukashenka said while talking to a group of visiting Russian reporters in Minsk. "However, I believe that, at the very least, we shouldn't treat them this way. They were our leaders. Lenin created the state. Stalin strengthened it. Half a century will pass, how will they view us? If the trend that exists in the West comes here, I'll be worse than Stalin. [I] caught people on the street and ate them, especially women. This is exactly how Stalin and Lenin are being demonized. This is for people who do not remember their ancestry."

According to Mr. Lukashenka, the tasks facing Lenin and Stalin were so daunting that he would not like to be in their place.

Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) and Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) are blamed for the deaths of at least 30 million people in total, including hundreds of thousands of Belarusians. // BelaPAN