Does Vladimir Putin now also want to annex Belarus?

Berlin When Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin near Moscow on Friday, the atmosphere was already tense. “Thank you for coming!” Putin welcomed his guest. “As if I could have refused,” Lukashenko replied. It is an exchange of words that gives a deep insight. Because Putin is now one thing above all for Lukashenko: a danger.

This is also evidenced by a recently published and previously secret Kremlin document from the summer of 2021, which outlines a phased plan for a Russian takeover of Belarus. This infiltration should happen on all levels: politically, economically, militarily. The paper was uncovered by an international research team in which WDR, NDR and the Süddeutsche Zeitung were involved on the German side.