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Russia's Rosvgardia trains new elite units in Minsk

Belarus's powerful deputy interior minister and Commander of the Belarusian Internal Troops Nikolai Karpenkov launched a collaboration with the Russian National Guard in January which is now in full swing. [...] (595 words)

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Loyal lieutenant Nikolai Karpenkov prepares for post-Lukashenko

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Lukashenko takes care to keep Russophile strongman Karpenkov onside

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Financial incentives and social perks aplenty to attract new Russian intelligence talent

From Moscow to Ukraine, demand for Rosgvardia continues to grow

Western intelligence services keeping close eye on growing threat of civil war in Belarus

FSB still at forefront of intelligence gathering in Ukraine

Power-struggles cause turmoil in Minsk security circles

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