The Kremlin expects Belarus to press ahead with plans for closer integration under which it could be forced to surrender its independence, Russia’s foreign minister said on Nov. 26.
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This handout photograph taken and released on Nov. 26, 2020 by the Russian Foreign Ministry shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and his Belarus counterpart Vladimir Makey meeting in Minsk.