Pinochet defender and conspiracy circle regular: Who is the American praising Lukashenka in Minsk?

Belarus resembles Switzerland, Alyaksandr Lukashenka is a strong leader, and Donald Trump should meet with him. With these impressions, American political analyst Clifford Kiracofe returned from Minsk. Belarusian state media introduced him as a former US Senate staff member and head of a Washington-based institute. In reality, he left the Senate 34 years ago, and the institute's website lists only two advisors besides Kiracofe himself. However, the political analyst's credentials include collaboration with Chinese state media, appearances at conspiracy theorist events, and calling Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "fascist." Belsat examined the background of the American who took such a liking to Lukashenka's Belarus.