Comments by "George Carty" (@GCarty80) on "The Kherson Counter Offensive Has Begun" video.

@exlibrisas It was more that Putin decided to make Belarus into a massively subsidized propaganda showpiece, much like communist Cuba (or even West Berlin) during the Cold War. Russia sold vast quantities of oil and gas at a nominal price to Lukashenko's regime, most of which carried on thru the pipelines to the EU where the regime could sell it for its full market value. The huge profits that Russia thus allowed Lukashenko's regime to "earn" was then used to fund a generous welfare state that would keep the people of Belarus largely quiescent.
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