I find it amusing that the article refers to Lukashenko as “self-proclaimed” and “unrecognized” when he is the de facto President of Belarus, even if he does come across as a bit unhinged at times.
(Of course, media and political concerns about contested elections are highly selective; they have no issue talking about vote fraud in Belarussian elections, but talking about the same in America’s elections are beyond the pale...)
Belarus didn’t even have any cover for its rigged election. Lukashenko is a Soviet dictator.