One effect of the series of hostage videos, choreographed confessions, and staged public appearances featuring the kidnapped dissident journalist Raman Pratasevich is to illustrate how Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s Belarus is quickly turning into the “North Korea of Europe.” But another is that they are exposing a potential rift between Lukashenka and his patrons in the Kremlin.
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Brian Whitmore: Tensions mount between Belarus dictator and Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi, on May 28, 2021.
