Paul Coyer: Belarus’s quandary: No longer Putin’s dependable ally?

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Published Jan. 26, 2015 at 12:21 pm

Ukrainian servicemen of \"Lviv\" battalion check the kindergarden #9 which was hit by \"Grad\" rocket launcher in Debaltseve, Donetsk area on Jan. 22.

Photo by Anastasia Vlasova

Belarus has long had a reputation as "the last dictatorship in Europe", for being the Kremlin’s lapdog, and for its generally anti-Western orientation.