Belarus: Putin Kicks Lukashenka’s Achilles’ Heel
Belarus: Putin Kicks Lukashenka’s Achilles’ Heel
Author(s): Alyaksandr YanusikSubject(s): Politics
Published by: Transitions Online
Keywords: Minsk; Belarus; media; Russian TV channel NTV; journalists; President Alyaksandr Lukashenka; Russia; Kremlin; election; opposition; Aleksei Malkov; Yury Babenko; deportation; energy; EU’s Eastern Partnership program; ban on dairy imports;
Summary/Abstract: A Russian TV crew’s visit to Minsk might be the Kremlin’s first move in a bid to undermine an uppity underling.
Journal: Transitions Online
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 09/08
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English
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