The thing is Lukashenko is even more of a Commie than Putin is.
The countries overrun by the Germans (during WWII) and the Russians (during the Cold War era) were socialist, fascist, monarchical, and so on. Who cares? The main thing is to prevent the further enlargement of Russia, in population and territorial terms, and to prevent Russian troops from getting closer to the borders of the wealthiest and most productive regions of Europe. If Belarus becomes a capitalist country in the interim, so much the better, but it's not really a prerequisite for helping it remain sovereign within its borders.
“The thing is Lukashenko is even more of a Commie than Putin is.”
So was Tito in Yugoslavia, but that did not stop the Russian Soviet efforts to overthrow Tito and take revenge on the FRY (Former Republic of Yugoslavia) after Tito’s detah. It must always be remembered that the leadership of the Soviet Union and the KGB were organizations of Russian criminals or Russian Mafia who only used Communism as a front for their criminal gangster activities. They actually scorned Russians who were stupid enough to buy into the Communist dogma.