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He brokered the deal to stop the Wagner insurrection. Who is Alexander Lukashenko?

Alexander Lukashenko has been President of Belarus since 1994. Called “Europe’s last dictator,” the long time ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin brokered a deal with Yevgeny Prigozhin to stop Prigozhin’s Wagner group from marching on Moscow. CNN’s Salma Abdelaziz has the report.

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Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko speaks as he meets with foreign media at his residence, the Independence Palace, in the capital Minsk on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

He brokered the deal to stop the Wagner insurrection. Who is Alexander Lukashenko?

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Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group's pullout from the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. Prigozhin is threatening to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut next week. He accused Russia's military command Friday, May 5 of starving his forces of ammunition and rendering them unable to fight.

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