Lukashenko was not baptized on Valaam and promised to return with an ax
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and their son Nikolai visited the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Stavropegic Monastery on Valaam on Tuesday. Lukashenko looked animated and immediately told the abbot: “I am glad that I came here for the first time, surrounded by my friend.” “Next time I’ll come with an axe, a saw, a scythe and we’ll see how you manage things here,”...