Lukashenko claims he must protect ‘majority’ who voted for him: ‘If I fall, those who stand with me will be slaughtered’

President of Belarus

Alexander Lukashenko, the embattled President of Belarus president says he cannot cave in to the demands of anti-government protesters, because otherwise his legacy would be destroyed and his supporters violently persecuted.

The long time incumbent has warned that has no intention of standing down from power now because ‘too much is at stake,’ he said in an interview to Russian media, RT among them, on Tuesday.

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