Covid-19 is the worst crisis of Lukashenko’s career

Yuri Tsarik on the Belarusian leadership’s faults and the role of Russia in the country’s election

Against all odds

Yuri Tsarik on the Belarus-Russia trade cooperation since 2014

Minsk and Moscow’s Low-Energy, High Stakes Friendship

Yury Tsarik considers why and how Russia is increasing the pressure on Belarus

Sochi Summit: Lukashenko and Putin agree to disagree

Yuri Tsarik reflects on the negotiations held in Sochi on December 6-7. These showed Minsk’s determination to uphold sovereignty, he writes, as well as the Kremlin’s determination to continue its game of “deepening integration”

The Russian media in Belarus

Part six in the series ‘Russian Media: Moscow and Beyond Calling’: Russia’s information influence on Belarus

Belarus’s integration headache

Yuri Tsarik on the Kremlin’s strategy for “deepening integration” with Belarus

Belarus-Russia: from “deeper integration” to a geopolitical crisis?

Yuri Tsarik on the scant results of the meeting between the Prime Ministers of Belarus and Russia aimed at discussing the agenda of “deeper integration”

Putin Puts Lukashenka in Zugzwang

Yury Tsarik considers how and why Belarusian-Russian relations have hit a new low

The Bright Side of a Sochi Stalemate

Yuri Tsarik contends that relations between Russia and Belarus may have reached an “integration impasse,” but there were at least a few constructive results from February’s bilateral talks in Sochi.

Belarus and Russia: On the Evolution of a “Hybrid Union”

Four key scenarios for the further development of bilateral relations

Belarus-Russia Talks: ‘Difficult But Productive’?

Belarus and Russia have held a string of recent high level bilateral talks. What have they achieved for relations between the two allies at a time of lingering apprehension?

Belarus and Russia Have Become Frenemies

Relations between Russia and Belarus have been out of balance ever since the annexation of Crimea. Both are still close partners, but mutual suspicions are creeping into strategic decision making in both Moscow and Minsk