Despot & the City

What does the President of Belarus do when he’s in New York for the big UN shindig?

Not a lot, according to Peter Savodnik, over at Slate:

If you’re Alexander Lukashenko and you’re the president of a poor, irradiated country and even the thugs call you a thug, with your secret secret police and your thick, peasant patois, then you spend your one night in New York City in your suite at the Waldorf Towers.

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