The tail wags the dictator: How the Kremlin uses Lukashenko in talks with the West
Far from acting as an independent mediator, Belarus is operating under Kremlin supervision to lobby for sanctions relief, writes Kamil Kłysiński, a senior fellow at the Center for Eastern Studies (OSW) in Poland.
Belarus is again maneuvering between the West and Russia, even though its autonomy from the Kremlin has sharply declined since 2020. Minsk has already…
