I mean Belarus isn't a democracy and doesn't uphold human rights. None of that is particularly controversial. Not about outcomes, but about Dictatorship. Also

I mean Belarus isn't a democracy and doesn't uphold human rights. None of that is particularly controversial. Not about outcomes, but about Dictatorship. Also since I expected you might try to wave it away I noted Russia also violated a bilateral treaty it had with Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%E2%80%93Ukrainian_Friendship_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%E2%80%93Ukrainian_Frie... > the recognition of the inviolability of existing borders, and respect for territorial integrity and mutual commitment not to use its territory to harm the security of each other. Russia has never felt compeled to follow anything. As you note one party has consistently acted in bad faith, but that party is Russia. The question is not why Russia should trust the West with regards to a fantasy of NATO invasion, it's how West or Ukraine can trust it to abide by any deals when it repeatedly violated them and started this war for no reason other then seeking to conquer or dominate Ukraine