Russia-Belarus: Putin's 'closest ally' Lukashenko explained | Defence in Depth

Throughout Lukashenko’s near 30-year-reign, Russia has repeatedly attempted to remove or at least reduce subsidies to Belarus. Before the anti-government protests of 2020 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Lukashenko would, when Russia tried this, usually threaten to make overtures to the West.

But the events of 2020 and the Russia-Ukraine war mean things have changed. With sanctions and the war putting Lukashenko firmly into Russia’s orbit, he no longer has the leverage of threatening to align himself more closely with the West.

In this episode of Defence in Depth, Daniel Hardaker, a reporter on the ground during the 2020 protests against Lukahsenko, explains Putin’s ‘closest ally’ - Belarus.

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