Mr. Lukashenko!

Today I watched a Polish news report about yesterdays events in Belarus. Thousands of people took to the streets there to demonstrate against lack of democracy and the rigged election in which, for the fifth time in a row, Alexander Lukashenko was victorious. The protesters proceeded to their protesting (with a bit of additional vandalism here and there) until they were completely pacified by the state militia. During the said news report I heard very interesting language used. Mr. Lukashenko was reffered to as "the last dictator in Europe" and his militia's actions were called a "pogrom". His government was also called a "regime". Following this there were a number of interviews with Polish and EU observers of the elections who said it was a farce or (the less radical ones) that it was undemocratic and there was a lack of good will from the establishment. Mr. Paweł Poncyljusz (a Polish Parliament deputy for whom I have a lot of respect) also said that the process was "uneuropean".
Now as this was said I actually started listening to the report. "Uneuropean" and "undemocratic" are compliments after all. As terrible as Lukashenko is, at least he scored a plus on those two fronts.
What exactly is this man's problem then? He is a dictator, that is certain, but I don't think there is anyone naive enough to believe he could lose this election even if it was fully democratic (just as Hitler or Stalin would not have lost in the 1930's). He is a devout leftist, however (just like the aforementioned duo)! There is a huge statue of Lenin in front of his government headquarters. And, sadly, a leftist dictator is just as bad as a democratic one...
There is one thing though that Mr. Lukashenko is doing right. Namely, he is maintaining his country's independence. If democracy really worked there Belarus would have long ago voted itself to be united with Russia. Furthermore, he is protecting Belarus from "Europe". The EU is a state which bribes other states to join it. In essence, it is a fisherman with some bait and a very sharp hook. Mr. Lukashenko is being roundly condemned for not biting on it! Surely it's a better option to be ruled by him than by the likes of Danny Cohn-Bendit, Dany le Rouge. Protecting any independence is good because localism is always good, no matter what level it is on. I can assure the people of Belarus that if they have such a hard time changing their own political scene they will have a much tougher job in the EU where they would be an insignificant minority with no voice or power. Sure, they could have their demonstrations. But would anybody listen? And even if someone did hear them, one of the Commissars of the EU Politburo would punish them by taking away necessary funding. Wait, who was it who invented such tactics of withholding resources as punishment? Oh yes, Trotsky and Stalin!