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Belarus is part of an official Union State with Russia, which is a framework designed to expand to eventually include other nations. https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by standardUser 5y ago
Belarus is part of an official Union State with Russia, which is a framework designed to expand to eventually include other nations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_State https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_State
- hef19898 5y agoDidn't know that! I'm learning a lot anout politics the region lately.
- guelo 5y agoThis organization was essentially dormant as Lukashenko tried to maintain some independence from Russia. But after he was almost toppled by a popular uprising two years ago he had to bend the knee to Putin to keep a hold on power. Belarus is now basically a puppet government with Russian troops permanently occupying.
- pjc50 5y agoThere's an explicit plan to reassemble "Greater Russia" around the historical borders of Kievan Rus. Which includes Belarus and Ukraine.