his grip, pledging to station nuclear weapons in belarus. like putin, lukashenko is a product of his soviet upbringing, his belarus often seems stuck in that past, unlike russia the kgb was never disbanded or renamed. before entering politics, lukashenko ran a collective farm later often had himself filmed as president digging up carrots or potatoes to show he never forgot his roots, and then often turning to strong arm tactics. belarus air traffic control called in a bomb threat causing the a plane to land and the man was arrested, and like so many