Stratfor is reporting that Belorussian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has given a vitriolic interview with two Russian television stations in which he attacks Vladimir Putin as being a weak leader for allowing Kosovo’s delcaration of independence to go forward. According to reports, Lukashenko “bluntly laid a challenge before Putin, saying the Russian president simply does not have what it takes to restore Russia as a great power.” In addition, Lukashenko also accused Gazprom of threatening to double prices for Belarus, not because it needed the money, but rather to politically weaken the government.