As of 2006 it was said that Belarusian business and financial elites such as Yuriy Chizh and Aleksey Vaganov understood that they cannot compete against Russian business in open privatizations. Kolya, short for Nikolai, is the youngest of the president's three sons. Viktor personally commanded units involved in the 24 March 2006 dismantling of the protest tent city and the March 25 crackdown on a peaceful march. Lukashenko went to a KGB jail in Minsk on Saturday where he met several detained opposition figures, including Viktor Babariko, a politician who … } Viktor Lukashenko is widely credited -- or despised -- for establishing the Belarusian Republican Youth Union (BRSM), a pro-Lukashenko re-creation of the Komsomol. He did say that he might prepare a "third son" for the presidency. The ultimatum came after the authorities intensified their crackdown on anti-government protests this week, resorting to water cannon, tear gas and flare guns. Lukashenko also denied that he was preparing his second son, Dmitry, to become president. He has been accused of human rights violation and placed on the sanctions lists of the United States and the European Union. Viktor Lukashenko has been elected first vice president of the Belarusian National Olympic Committee (NOC). ", Besides that, Lukashenko remains one of the few people on the sanctions list of the United States. According to open-source information in Belarus, Viktor Lukashenko was born in 1976. Viktor has 4 jobs listed on their profile. Lukashenko's inner circle would accept a managed transition with limited political and economic changes. Reporting By Andrius Sytas in Vilnius and Tom Balmforth in Moscow; Editing by Niklas Pollard and Peter Graff. var setNptTechAdblockerCookie = function(adblocker) { All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. During the 2006 elections, President Lukashenko and his cabinet were angry with Gaidukevich for his laziness and failure to steal the desirable number of votes from the opposition. 17-08-2020 14:16:33 ZULU. President Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994, is seeking a sixth term in office. He labeled his eldest son as too weak to take over his father's position. [5], Security Council of the Republic of Belarus, "Фотофакт: Николай Лукашенко перерос старших братьев", Поўны спіс 208 беларускіх чыноўнікаў, якім забаронены ўезд у ЕС, Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus, List of people and organizations sanctioned in relation to human rights violations in Belarus, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viktor_Lukashenko&oldid=983355125, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Russian-language text, Articles containing Belarusian-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 13 October 2020, at 19:32. d.setTime(d.getTime() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 2 * 1000);