Moscow and Minsk reacted angrily to statements by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, calling for regime change in Belarus, ahead of a NATO meeting in Lithuania, starting on Thursday (21 April).
Ms Rice suggested it would be better for ex-Soviet republics to "throw off the yoke of tyranny."
"I would hope that particularly in Belarus, which is really the last remaining true dictatorship in the heart of Europe, that you would begin to see some democratic development", Rice said ...
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