My homeland of Belarus is an unlikely place for an Internet revolution. The country, controlled by authoritarian President … - Evgeny Morozov

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Evgeny Morozov

My homeland of Belarus is an unlikely place for an Internet revolution. The country, controlled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko since 1994, was once described by Condoleezza Rice as 'the last outpost of tyranny in Europe. '

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