Putin has few friends – but one is Belarusian despot Alexander Lukashenko. Belarusian democracy activist and reporter Hanna Liubakova talks to Arthur Snell from exile in Lithuania, to explain how Lukashenko dragged her country into the war – and what the world can expect from Putin’s stooge. What price will Belarus pay for Lukashenko’s fealty?

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• “Lukashenko has made us a full-fledged aggressor in this war… We in Belarus believe this is high treason.”
• “Most Belarusians don’t want this war. They don’t want to threaten our neighbour.”
•  “Lukashenko is giving away our sovereignty and independence to Russia… He’s not making the major decisions. Putin is.”
• “We had seen Donbass, Crimea, Georgia, Moldova… but we could not imagine that a fully-fledged attack on a sovereign country could take place.”
• “The weaker Lukashenko is, the weaker Putin is.”

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