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Belarus Protests: How Will Putin React?

August 20, 2020

Huge protests in Belarus calling on authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko to step down. How will Vladimir Putin react? Guests: Olga Dryndova (political scientist), Gesine Dornblüth (freelance), Vladimir Gsipov (DW)

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To the Point Olga Dryndova
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Belarus-born Olga Dryndova from the Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen says: "Active support for the wounded Belarus leader would only damage Russia. The mood in Minsk is neither pro-Russian nor pro-European."

 

 

To the Point Gesine Dornblüth
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Gesine Dornblüth is an expert on Russia and Eastern Europe and a former Moscow correspondent. She says: "It's almost inconceivable that Russia would simply tolerate a democratic turnaround in Belarus."

 

 

To the Point Vladimir Esipov
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Vladmir Esipov from DW's Russia desk says: "So far nothing has happened in Belarus that Putin really needs to react to."