MINSK, Belarus (AP) — As relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated, there's one country that's reaping rewards — Belarus, whose authoritarian leader was once dubbed "Europe's last dictator" by the United States and the European Union. President Alexander Lukashenko is relishing his new role as broker of the Ukraine peace talks, and his country of 10 million people is profiting handsomely by reprocessing or simply repackaging European food banned by Moscow in retaliation to Western sanctions. With Russian President Vladimir Putin now in the West's bad books, Lukashenko is no longer a prime target of criticism despite his continuing crackdown on dissent and independent media. The IMF, however, has made prospective aid contingent on reforms, including economic liberalization and privatization of state assets — the demands Lukashenko, who has maintained Soviet-style controls over the national economy, would be unlikely to accept. The new alliance moves on the existing Customs Union and is supposed to coordinate the members' financial systems, regulate their industrial and agricultural policies along with labor markets and transportation networks. According to Russia's government agricultural oversight agency, some Belarusian companies make food out of European meat and other products, while others simply repackage banned European food to change the country of origin.