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

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

The Interview vor 4 Jahren

Stephen Sackur speaks to the exiled leader of Belarus's opposition

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With the world focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s easy
to overlook one other key element of Vladimir Putin’s Greater
Russia strategy: Moscow’s ever tighter grip on Ukraine’s northern
neighbour Belarus, now used as a launchpad for the Ukraine
assault. Belarus’s authoritarian President Lukashenko seems to be
in Putin’s 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?