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Fri 10 Oct 2008'Father' Lukashenko omnipotent in his Soviet showcase capital
MINSK LETTER:Belarus's president came to power in 1994 on a promise to bring order and stability
EIGHTEEN YEARS after the Kremlin's empire crumbled, Minsk still feels like the living dream of the Soviet city planner, a monument to the order and discipline of the central committee, a grandiose expression of the power of the politburo.
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