WikiLeaks cables describe Belarus leader as 'bizarre' and 'disturbed'

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Lukashenko claimed in private to have scored even higher than 86% in 2006. " repeated earlier claims that in the 2006 elections he actually received 93% of the vote, but reduced the final tally to 86% to make the vote more credible to the west," another secret cable said.

The president's behaviour after the 2006 poll was described as "bizarre".

"The setting of Lukashenko's press conference showed a leader far removed from the people," a US diplomat noted. "He sat at a large desk, flanked by two large flags centred high on a large stage, isolated from the packed auditorium. His curt answers to western journalists and scolding of Belarusian correspondents only helped to show the world his bizarre behaviour, yet he still received healthy applause from his well-chosen audience and foreign lackeys."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/17/wikileaks-belarus-leader-bizarre-disturbed