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Large outdoor protests in the Belarus capital Minsk, on 16 August 2020 (Photo: Prachatai/Flickr)

Russia is very present in Belarus

For many observers, the situation in Belarus has not been developing at the pace they were expecting a week or two ago.

There are still people on the streets who wish to see a free Belarus, but president Alexander Lukashenko has remained in power.

This situation must be put into context.

Part of the wider picture are the frozen (or quite hot) conflicts in five out of the six former Soviet countries in Europe's easte...

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Urmas Paet is an MEP with the liberal Renew Europe group and former foreign minister of Estonia.

Large outdoor protests in the Belarus capital Minsk, on 16 August 2020 (Photo: Prachatai/Flickr)

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Urmas Paet is an MEP with the liberal Renew Europe group and former foreign minister of Estonia.

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