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"I am the last dictator in Europe" Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko

• donquichotte 9y ago
  "No you're not." Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • lowry 9y ago
    Geographically, Turkey is not Europe, right?
    • cies 9y ago
      Mostly not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Thrace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Thrace Then again, what is Europe, geographically? If I count continents, I count something often call "eurasia" as one continent, not two. I think cutting it in two over some mountain rig is a bit, well, arbitrary.
      • donquichotte 9y ago
        In 2015, the "European" Games were held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Another dodgy president (Ilham Aliyev), if you count Azerbaijan as Europe.
        • cies 9y ago
          As stated I do not see a "geographical europe" on the map. I see eurasia. And being "european" definitely has nothing to do with having clean politicians.
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      • nasredin 9y ago
        Russians are always caught in the middle. Not quiete European, and they don't want to be, but not quite Asian. Always a clash of values there.
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  • rsynnott 9y ago
    Strictly speaking, he said it in 2012, back when Erdoğan was just a dodgy Prime Minister. Of course, Putin was still around... What he meant was that he was the only dictator in Europe who was making no efforts to hide it; Russia and Turkey still have at least the pretence of free elections.
• virgulino 9y ago
  "Better to be a dictator than gay" Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF5kIvbQPNo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF5kIvbQPNo