Russia is losing the war and Lukashenko is teetering on the edge of a revolution. Sending Belorussian men off to die so Russia can profit from Ukrainian oil and gas would be enough to get Lukashenko ousted a la Ceausescu.
—”Russia is losing the war and Lukashenko is teetering on the edge of a revolution. Sending Belorussian men off to die so Russia can profit from Ukrainian oil and gas would be enough to get Lukashenko ousted a la Ceausescu.”
All of that and Russia ended the subsidized oil that was 10% of the Belarusan economy a few years ago.
Lukashenko has been in power for about 30 years, he may believe he owns the place.