...why wouldnât Belarus already be a part of Russia? I doubt that Putin would say no.
EDIT:
Conditional on âLukashenka wants Belarus to merge with Russiaâ, my best guess is that his army opposes it (for selfish reasons) and Lukashenka cannot ignore the wishes of his own army.
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...why wouldnât Belarus already be a part of Russia? I doubt that Putin would say no.
EDIT:
Conditional on âLukashenka wants Belarus to merge with Russiaâ, my best guess is that his army opposes it (for selfish reasons) and Lukashenka cannot ignore the wishes of his own army.
OK, well, here is where I got the information in my previous commentâsomewhere in the first 47 minutes of this.
https://ââwww.youtube.com/ââwatch?v=sFmugMGl4Uo