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Russia reluctant to intervene in Belarus
The Kremlin does not want a repeat of what happened in Ukraine in 2014
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Twice in the past few days, the embattled President of Belarus, Mr Alexander Lukashenko, reached out to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to step in as election unrest spread in the former Soviet state.
In both conversations, the autocrat from Minsk did not hear what he wanted - an unconditional pledge of support from Moscow.
