Bizarre Belarus "coup plot" has all the hallmarks of a classic Kremlin drama
One way to look at Belarus ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s claim last week that he was the target of a US-backed coup and assassination attempt is that this is just the latest in a series of conspiratorial rants by an increasingly beleaguered dictator. But as is often the case in the former Soviet Union, upon closer examination, there appears to be at least some method behind all the madness. Lukashenka’s claim that the plot was approved “by the top political leadership” in the United States came just days after Russia’s Federal Security Service had arrested two Belarusians, includin...
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