15 November 1998 ALEKSII II, patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, heaped words of praise on Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, according to Belarusian Radio. In a 2 October letter, the church leader told Lukashenka that after his third visit to the country, he remains “greatly impressed with the land of Belarus and its main treasure-generous, patient, kind, hard-working, and friendly […]
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