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Vladimir Putin must be praying that Lukashenko survives

16 May 2023

2:22 AM

16 May 2023

2:22 AM

Belarus’s president Aleksandr Lukashenko has been missing from public view since being taken ill during a Victory Day parade in Moscow on 9 May. If Belarus’s dictator dies or is incapacitated Vladimir Putin – his neighbour, patron and only regional ally – will have a vast, even existential, problem on his hands.

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