This enormous new addition to Minsk's totalitarian architecture is the country's new presidential palace in all but name. Architecturally uninspired, this glass-fronted eyesore has hundreds of rooms spread over 50,000 sq metres and is a symbol of Alexander Lukashenko's permanence in Belarusian politics. It is now where Luka hosts visiting international leaders, including where he helped broker an interim peace deal between Russia and Ukraine in 2014. Completed in 2013, the palace has been compared to similar structures in Turkmenistan and North Korea. It is not open to the public.
