Justifying the militarization of Belarus and integration with Russia. Part 1 

Alexander Lukashenko doesn’t hide the fact that he has been the dictator of Belarus for the past three decades.

"Pay Attention to Belarus" by Vlad Kobets and David Kramer was originally published on Just Security.

A number of Belarusian servicemen have departed for Russia in order to study the experience of Russians’ fighting against Ukraine.

More recently, migrants who do not have any documents giving the right to enter the EU have appeared on the Russian-Finnish border.

During his recent visit to Astravets Lukashenka admitted his being positive about the feasibility of restoring normal relations with neighbouring countries.

The crime of enforced disappearance – detention in complete isolation, or incommunicado, and preventing all communications over many months – combined with other forms of torture and persecution, is systematically committed by the Belarusian regime against hundreds, if not thousands of people, including the Polish journalist and activist Andrzej Poczobut.