>Belarus, does not have that kind of leverage. Apparently it does now as Russia is forbidding EU fights into its airspace if they avoid Belarussian airspace. R

>Belarus, does not have that kind of leverage. Apparently it does now as Russia is forbidding EU fights into its airspace if they avoid Belarussian airspace. Russia and Belarus have disagreements, most of which seem to be due to the egos of their respective leaders, but it's foolish for the rest of the world to not recognize the special relationship between the two. Belarus is like the loud mouth scrawny kid on the playground who stirs up trouble because he knows his oversize muscular brother nearby will back him up in a fight.