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Tatsiana Kulakevich

Tatsiana Kulakevich is a Lecturer at University of South Florida and Research Fellow at USF Institute on Russia.

The Conversation

Tatsiana Kulakevich is a Lecturer at University of South Florida and Research Fellow at USF Institute on Russia.

On the left, a photo of Alexander Lukashenko standing and talking with Vladimir Putin. On the right, a photo of Joe Biden at a podium.

Belarus plane hijacking snarls Biden’s hopes to repair strained US-Russia relationship

Global Politics

Some tension was inevitable during the June 16 US-Russia summit. But Vladimir Putin’s defiant support for Belarus’s rogue regime now pits him harder against the West.

A single protestor holds up an old Belarusian national flag standing in front of a wall of officers holding large riot shields.

Belarus, explained: How Europe’s last dictator could fall

Global Politics
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