{"id":120693,"date":"2025-01-05T13:45:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T10:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120693\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"pundit-lukasenkas-regime-complicit-in-russian-takeover-of-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120693\/","title":{"rendered":"Pundit: \u0141uka\u0161enka’s regime complicit in Russian takeover of Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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January 5, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Gradual massive Russification of Belarus and its Sovietization by [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka’s puppet regime, especially after 2020, are threatening Belarusian statehood, said Ukrainian political expert Vitaly Portnikov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian state will cease to exist as a result of these policies while Russians will assimilate Belarusians, he told Ukraine\u2019s Feygin Live <\/em>show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus cannot be considered a sovereign state despite still having formal statehood attributes, he noted, comparing its actual status to that of a Russian region. It may be even “less sovereign than the Chechen Republic [as Ramzan] Kadyrov has more opportunities than \u0141uka\u0161enka,\u201d Portnikov said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian leaders want to treat Ukraine in the same way, he added, referring to Russia\u2019s full-scale war on Ukraine in which the Belarusian authorities supported the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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