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Belarusian roulette: a mutiny’s aftermath

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Lukashenko's Relationship With Vladimir Putin

Belarus is a small country, highly dependent on Moscow. It's been 14 or 15 times since the start of the war to see Mr Putin. He could not exist, could not continue in power, were it not for Russia. And he boasted that he has plenty of places to put these nuclear weapons. What happens to this private army? The Wagner group did not want to be dissolved. Vladimir Putin was insisting that it should be absorbed into the Russian military. But as far as we know, they have not yet withdrawn the treason charges against Pragoshan,. but at one point they definitely did have this arrangement that said that he would be allowed to go into exile.

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