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Power-struggles cause turmoil in Minsk security circles

Smear campaigns, orchestrated leaks and a coup plot: with Belarus' role in the war in Ukraine in the balance, the country's political and security elite have been struggling to have President Alexander Lukashenko's ear and the support of the intelligence services. [...] (435 words)
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. © Mikhail Voskresenskiy/Kremlin Pool/Sputnik

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