An extremely high level of corruption, poverty and disorder catapulted Lukashenko to power in 1994, but his remedy was too brutal: he eliminated some of the corruption but his authoritarian tendencies were combined with the sort of dirigisme which had already led to the break-up of the Soviet Union, and there has been little change since then.
En 1994, la corruption massive, la misère, le désordre ont porté au pouvoir M. Loukachenko, lequel a appliqué un traitement trop drastique : il a réduit une partie de la corruption mais la tentation autoritaire s’est mêlée au même dirigisme qui a provoqué la chute de l’Union soviétique et depuis, peu de choses ont changé.
