In a satirical film produced by ARU TV, the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko is inflated like a balloon by Russian gas. The film highlights Lukashenko's dependence on cheap gas from Russia. The internet television ARU TV produces programs for Belarusians, but it avoids state censorship by operating abroad, in Estonia.
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In a satirical film produced by ARU TV, the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko meets the demonic Mr. Gazprom in hell, where the president is looking for cheap gas. The film highlights Lukashenko's dependence on cheap gas from Russia. The internet television ARU TV produces programs for Belarusians, but it avoids state censorship by operating abroad, in Estonia.
(ARU TV)
From left, Presidents of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, Russia Dmitry Medvedev and Belarus Alexander Lukashenko meet in Moscow's Kremlin on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko greets officials of the election commission as he prepares to vote in presidential elections, at a polling station in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)