Lukashenko's risky thesis on Independence Day
It just so happens that every post-Soviet state, except the Russian Federation, has its own Independence Day. Russia also introduced it at first, stereotypically linking it to the date of adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR. However, later even Yeltsin, realizing that celebrating independence day from oneself was somehow not comme il faut, in 1998 he renamed the holiday Russia Day, which is celebrated until...