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Alexander Lukashenko
July 26, 2023
Ben Makuch
Putin Is in a Spy Mess of His Own Making
Prigozhin’s mutiny was the “first marker of the cracking of the regime,” according to one Ukrainian intelligence source.
March 1, 2022
Casey Michel
How Belarus Became Putin’s Lackey
The Kremlin propped up Aleksandr Lukashenko after Belarusians tried to oust him from office. He’s now dragged his nation into the Ukraine invasion.
May 24, 2021
Casey Michel
Will Europe Finally Stand Up to Belarus’s Plane-Hijacking Bully?
The forced landing of a Ryanair flight and arrest of journalist Roman Protasevich is President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s most brazen dare yet to the EU.
August 10, 2020
Casey Michel
Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarusian Dictatorship Is Going Down in Flames
The former Soviet republic has exploded into unrest after its most recent sham election, and there may be no going back.
April 9, 2019
Tom Ball
Is Belarus Putin’s Next Land Grab?
Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 sparked an international crisis.
April 21, 2011
James Kirchick
Minsk Rumors
January 18, 2011
T.A. Frank
Today in Despotism: New Year’s Edition
December 21, 2010
James Kirchick
Mayhem in Minsk
December 17, 2010
James Kirchick
Belarus Betrayal
July 7, 2003
Robert Kagan
The Ungreat Washed
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