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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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Combative opposition homes in on Lukashenko's private security firm Gardservis

Lukashenko fantasises about militarising the KGB

Belarus's KGB administers caution on intelligence cooperation with Russia

Versatility-driven Minsk focuses on made-in-Belarus arms

How Russia is working to absorb Belarusian news networks into sovereign internet

Minsk opposition keeps up connections with Moscow

Minsk securocrats team up with dissidents to paint a picture of occupation

Alisia, the French operation that neutralised Lukashenko

Under pressure from Moscow, Lukashenko closes ranks around his new constitutional project

Lukashenko holds off on inevitable KGB reform

Uneasy Lukashenko presses ahead with his reform of the national security council

Lukashenko strengthens national security council to keep grip on power

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