Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sept. 9 to sign a flurry of documents paving the way for a full national merger. But how did we get here, and what comes next?
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Mark Episkopos: Are Russia and Belarus about to merge?
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2021.
