Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: Is the fate of Belarus tied to the fate of Ukraine?

Published: March 11, 2022, midnight

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With the world focused on Russia\\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, it\\u2019s easy to overlook one other key element of Vladimir Putin\\u2019s Greater Russia strategy: Moscow\\u2019s ever tighter grip on Ukraine\\u2019s northern neighbour Belarus, now used as a launchpad for the Ukraine assault. Belarus\\u2019s authoritarian President Lukashenko seems to be in Putin\\u2019s pocket, whether he likes it or not. Stephen Sackur speaks to the exiled leader of the anti-Lukashenko movement, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. Is the fate of Belarus now tied to the fate of Ukraine?

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