"When Lukashenko Heard The Name, He Perked Up."

• 9.03.2026, 17:08

Is the ruler having a spring breakdown?

The ruler discovered the real threat to independence during a visit to "Mac.buy".

Everything seemed to be going well and initially nothing in the American fast-food chain (albeit expropriated) did not rub off on the ruler in the area of sovereignty, writes "Salidarnasts".

After fixing the hamburger with a huge knife (thank you, that only with it) and having patted Umka, the spitz, on the table (well, where else should the doggy lie down?), Lukashenko went to the machine with coffee.

And that's when the guarantor suddenly had an acute attack of pinched national dignity.

Director of the chain Viktoria Danko carelessly tried to order an Americano for First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov. Upon hearing the name, Lukashenko perked up:

- Americano should be renamed into a Belarusian brand. Write "Americano" in brackets for now, and when they get used to it, then..."

Whether it was a joke or not, it seems that he himself has not decided yet. Obviously, everything will depend on the result.

On the whole, the tactic is working. At first you say some nonsense with a formidable face, and then, when everyone runs to fulfill the "cruelest instruction" and expectedly received nonsense, you declare that you said nothing of the sort, and the officials around you are "brainless" - neither they understand jokes, nor can't fulfill the order.

It is suspected that the same story awaits us with "Americano". The names can already be thrown around. "Belorussiano", "diktaturiano", "debiliano"... No matter what you call it, it will be clear to everyone where the real threat to the Belarusian society is.

But in general, of course, it's not difficult to rename Americano. It is more difficult to prove to the Belarusians that it is not you who is a fool, but the officials misunderstood you.