The Fight for Belarus
Authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko is courting Russian involvement to maintain his grip on power. Will he succeed?
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Episode Notes
For the past two weeks, Belarus has been gripped by political protest. The country’s longtime authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, is courting Russian intervention as a worried European Union looks on.
Guest: Julia Ioffe, GQ correspondent. Read her latest column on Belarus.
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Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, Danielle Hewitt, and Elena Schwartz, with help from Daniel Avis.