Your comment is pertinent, so I won't change mine. Apologies. In my country the word is frequently used to carry sarcasm towards the role that Lukashenko belie

Your comment is pertinent, so I won't change mine. Apologies. In my country the word is frequently used to carry sarcasm towards the role that Lukashenko believes himself to have. In other words, it is meant as sarcasm towards the tyrant's ego, not the gullibility of the nation.