Belarussian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is seeking to retain power and influence through a new constitutional reform process while also signaling that he will seek Russian support, a strategy that will probably revive anti-government protests and risk escalating into a standoff between Russia and the West. In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with global security analyst, Sam Lichtenstein about what both the president and the opposition are planning as winter winds down.
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