Sławomir Sierakowski: Alexander Lukashenko may have had a Ceauşescu moment as he runs out of road

Amid growing protests and crumbling support, the Belarusian President may have reached a point of no return, writes Sławomir Sierakowski

Workers with old Belarusian national flags march toward the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant where Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko addresses employees in Minsk, Belarus, last Monday. Picture: AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky

At some point, all dictators start to believe their own lies. 

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is a case in point: he is now behaving as though he really did win 80% of the vote in an election that he himself ensured was rigged.