A collapse of Lukashenko’s gangster dictatorship would be a welcome development. He’s propped up by Putin, but there’s not much Putin will be able to do to save his bacon if the Belarussian people decide it’s now safe to stand up to him.
What’s recently transpired in Moldova followed the same pattern, and Russia lost that puppet. And now they’ve lost their Hungarian fifth columnist too. Now, if the oil price drops back, Putin will be even worse off.
A collapse of Lukashenko’s gangster dictatorship would be a welcome development. He’s propped up by Putin, but there’s not much Putin will be able to do to save his bacon if the Belarussian people decide it’s now safe to stand up to him.
What’s recently transpired in Moldova followed the same pattern, and Russia lost that puppet. And now they’ve lost their Hungarian fifth columnist too. Now, if the oil price drops back, Putin will be even worse off.