Warning: BTAB ahead. I have an important announcement to make: Bernds must be aware of the fact that the nickname “Baćka” ascribed to the president of Belarûs is not organic, and was NOT given to him by Belarûsians. It either originated in Russia, or was created by some advisor of his (who obviously was not a native Belarûsian) as a part of some failed PR stunt. End of message. Read on only if you need a detailed explanation. In 1990ies half of the country still lived in villages. Many among the other half were first generation urban residents. That is, if they did not speak the standard language, they could speak some dialect at least. In the Belarûsian language the word “baćka” simply means “father” with no undertones whatsoever (!) (and likewise in any dialect you can think of). Now stop for a while and think: What kind of feeling you need to have for a person to call him “father”, “our father”? I would imagine you would have to be some kind of cultist for that. That's why people normally refer to him as "Luka" (informally), or invent for him offensive nicknames, some fans even used to passionately call him “our Sashka”, but nobody but Russians calls him “baćka”, and that’s why this nickname annoys many Belarûsians greatly.