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But as long as repressions continue, sanctions on Belarus should stay firmly in place.
By MAX BOOT
Washington Post September 16, 2025
President Donald Trump’s outreach to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, culminating in their Alaska summit, predictably made for front-page news. Less well known is his courtship of Putin’s ally — “lackey” is more like it — Alexander Lukashenko, the long-entrenched president of Belarus. (He has been the only leader the country has known since its independence from the Soviet Union.)
