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Mon 02 Feb 2007Lukashenko looks west as Russia threatens Belarus with subsidy cutBelarus:The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is now saying he would like his country to join the EU, but few are taking him seriously, writes Conor Sweeneyin Moscow.After more than a decade of sneering at Europe, Belarus's increasingly isolated president, Alexander Lukashenko, has announced he'd like his country to join the EU and the euro.