Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko 'in fear for his life after Vladimir Makei murdered'

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Hardline Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko fears he could be the next target after his foreign minister was ‘murdered’ with a poison produced by Russia’s spy agency, it is claimed.

The death of Vladimir Makei has sparked panic in Belarusian political circles with president Lukashenko said to be in a state of shock.

According to a Russian opposition figure, the president has ‘ordered that his cooks, servants and guards be replaced… and his children provided with additional protection’.

It comes after Mr Makei, 64, died last weekend, reportedly of a heart attack, days before he was due to meet his Kremlin counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Belarusian capital Minsk.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/belarus-dictator-alexander-lukashenko-in-fear-for-his-life-after-vladimir-makei-murdered/ar-AA14FtjV

Sic semper tyrannis

[Kennah]

1. Stay away from windows

[edhopper]

2. Is assassinations of foreign leaders on the table?

Asking for a friend.

[Turbineguy]

3. As a friend used to say....

"That's what you get, when you sign up with the communist party!"

[UTUSN]

4. Is there a problem?

[chowder66]

5. These idiots that suck up to Putin and his ilk never consider

that they are more disposable than the average joe. They inhabit their orbit and get hit when shit flies.

[Quakerfriend]

6. Lukachenko had finally decided to stop

tiptoeing through the tulips with Putin.

His time is up & his country is in great danger.

He needs to support Ukraine & NATO- if he has any moral compass, at all.

There is no winning with Putin.

[Lovie777]

7. Don't know any truths to what I read recently about the death of Makei.....

that Putin wants to take over Belarusian military to further the war against Ukraine.

[Quakerfriend]

10. I heard the same & tend to think that

Putin may try this- because he needs to appear to be winning something & because of Belarus’ proximity to Ukraine.

[OAITW r.2.0]

12. Interesting speculation.

Given the Russian military implosion in Ukraine, it sure kind of makes sense that Putin would be looking to take over the Belarusian military for that purpose. And it would explain Leshchenko's getting increasingly nervous about his own future. I imagine that the people of Belarus are a lot more supportive of Ukraine than the current regime, so the threat could be both internal and external.

[James48]

8. Only a matter of time.

Will it be polonium poisoning?
Will it be a fall from the window?
Will it be “his brakes failed in his car”?


Or maybe he will have a smoking injury. That’s might be it too.

[Initech]

9. History knows what to do with tyrants.

[Bev54]

11. Maybe he will hand power over to the actual winner of the election, he stole.

[thucythucy]

13. What are the chances Putin may try to annex Belarus outright?

Russia already has a sizable military presence there.

Russian tanks could drive into Minsk, seize the government, stage another "election" and declare Belarus as "reclaimed" Russian territory.

It would give Putin a chance to claim a victory to offset the disaster in Ukraine.

What kind of resistance would or could Belarus put up if Putin were to try such a move?