>Neil Clark writes for [Sputnik](https://sputniknews.com/columnists/202008191080216732-belarus-where-a-dictator-is-condemned-by-those-who-supported-lockdowns-in-their-own-country/): >>Belarus didn’t have a lockdown. It didn’t impose “Covid curfews”. It didn’t make wearing face masks mandatory. In fact, Lukashenko actually claimed in June that his country had come under great pressure from international lenders, including the IMF to “do an Italy” and introduce “quarantine measures, isolation, a curfew” – pressure which he rejected.