“You’re smaller, we’re bigger, and our economy is this or that. Sure, we’ll keep helping you – and then join Russia. That’s not how this works. It’s impossible and unrealistic. I’m almost afraid to say it, but that would mean war.”
“You’re smaller, we’re bigger, and our economy is this or that. Sure, we’ll keep helping you – and then join Russia. That’s not how this works. It’s impossible and unrealistic. I’m almost afraid to say it, but that would mean war.”
Lukashenko is trying to ride that line between being supported by Russia and a state of Russia.