An internal Kremlin planning memo dating from fall 2021 leaked and obtained by Yahoo News outlines an extensively detailed plan for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s regime to take control of and eventually annex the entirety of neighboring former Soviet state Belarus by 2030.
It’s not like Belarus is all that independent from Russia now as it is, given dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s constant subservience to Putin. Contrast this with Ukraine under Zelensky, fighting valiantly against the same imperial hubris. Almost like there’s some sort of parable that applies here, that wolves don’t care whether you’re on your feet or your knees, they’ll still come for you.