Some concern whether this is being orchestrated by Putin to reign in Lukashenki, as the main opposition leader is a former Gazprom employee, or if this is a genuine, grassroots thing that would hurt Putin.
Russia has apparently been pushing for an anschluss with Belarus for a while.
All very interesting, and relevant because eif the Russia connection and also because I may be visiting Minsk in October or November.
Where is Lukaschenko in the Russia camp? For a while he wanted to practically be a Russian state, but in recent years wasn’t he thumbing his nose at them?
