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More than 18 months since the contested presidential elections of August 2020, Belarus remains in a state of deep political crisis, rooted in Lukashenko's illegal grip on power (Photo: Twitter)

Belarus is not Russia: why EU should not give up on Belarus

The Lukashenko's regime's instrumental role in Russian military aggression against Ukraine has raised doubts about whether Belarus can be considered a sovereign state at all.

With the degradation of Belarusian sovereignty, will the EU accept being just a silent witness? And will Belarus no longer be viewed as distinct from Russia?

Such an approach would be in total contrast with the EU's promise t...

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More than 18 months since the contested presidential elections of August 2020, Belarus remains in a state of deep political crisis, rooted in Lukashenko's illegal grip on power (Photo: Twitter)

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Yuliya Miadzvetskaya is a ReThink.CEE 2022 fellow at the German Marshall Fund think tank.. Her co-author Katsia Katsiaryna Lozka is a PhD fellow at Ghent University.

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