18 September 2001 MINSK, 18 September (BelaPAN)–Ari Fleischer, spokesman for U.S. President George Bush, accused in a statement on 17 September Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka of stealing the recent presidential election. According to Fleischer, the U.S. president believes that the Belarusian election was neither free nor fair and therefore cannot be internationally recognized. “Not only did Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Europe’s last […]

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