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By acting this way, Lukashenko burned his few remaining bridges to Europe, leaving him with just one option: turn to Russia

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Ryanair hijacking is an act of war - so how does EU respond?

"It seems that optimal conditions for an effective military subversion require geographical proximity, weak border control, weak counterintelligence, lack of strong allies, easy access to firearms, socio-political divisions, and the element of surprise."

These words could have been written after the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, forced a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk on 23 May.

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Caroline de Gruyter is a Europe correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. This column is an edited version of a column in NRC.

By acting this way, Lukashenko burned his few remaining bridges to Europe, leaving him with just one option: turn to Russia

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Caroline de Gruyter is a Europe correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. This column is an edited version of a column in NRC.

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