Quotes from Alexander Lukashenko

We will remain independent for as long as our economy develops as needed. We won't be able to maintain our independence if we ruin the economy.

I repeat for the umpteenth time, without making apologies: My children have had more than their fair share of presidency under their father. There cannot be any hereditary transfer of power.

If you give me carte blanche for any destruction and any revolutionary transformations, if that is what you want, then for God's sake, we will do it. The issue is not me: the issue is society.

We have always argued that attempts to isolate Belarus, like other countries, lead to a dead end. In this situation, everyone loses.

Belarus cannot be isolated.

I believe it is important for both Russia and Europe that Belarus is a sovereign, independent state where Europeans can feel at home.

I am for a single and unified Ukraine.

Unlike in the U.K. or France or America, we've never used water cannon for mass riots dispersal.

My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian ruling style is characteristic of me.

The arms business is an absolutely acceptable business.