Posted on 11/29/2022 7:56:52 AM PST by marcusmaximus
A sombre Alexander Lukashenko bade farewell at the open-topped coffin of his long-serving foreign minister today as speculation continues to churn over whether the diplomat may have been assassinated.
The Belarusian president has reportedly ordered toxicology tests after Vladimir Makei died suddenly at the weekend.
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Makei's funeral was held in Minsk this morning amid as yet unverified claims the veteran diplomat and former spy, 64, was killed in a Moscow sting operation due to his clandestine contacts with the West concerning the war in Ukraine and efforts to prevent Belarus being incorporated into Russia by Vladimir Putin.
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Makei was due this week to attend an Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting in Poland where he would meet key Western politicians and officials - a session from which Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was barred.
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I’ll predict by spring...top five guys in Belarus are gone. Wouldn’t surprise me two or three of them hop the fence and enter Poland.
this is the way Putin treats people, he’s a KGB thug
whad’ya expect?
I’d have more patience with the fabulist Brit twink “sWill” Stewart if he’d DailyMail up with some pert bums and tiddies - but with him, it’s all Russian and Belarusian geezers, all the time.
I'm just sayin'...
Also recall that Makei was brought up in the GRU. The GRU and KGB have been at odds for a long time dating back to the 1930’s purges.
And that's what sWill dreams about. 
Comrade Putin sending Comrade Lukashenko a clear message!
Or maybe Ukranian killing someone that Putin needs or has advised him. ....Like say Darya Dugina... she was 29 years old but was the daughter of an advisor.
Your keyboard stuck?
more effective than a horsehead...
May be true, may be false, but it is a fact that it is believable given other known cases.
He looks scared shytless.
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