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Return of the Iron Brotherhood

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On Monday, Xi Jinping called up Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for some chit chat between bros.

ICYDK: The autocrats' friendship has been going strong since the late '00s.

Lukashenko, aka “Europe’s last dictator”, has popped over to Beijing no less than 12 times – and Xi’s been to ...