Russian soldiers have been gathering in Belarus for the past month, reopening the debate about what exact role Minsk is playing in the Ukraine conflict. Belarussian troops have not been actively involved in the fighting, but the country still serves as a launching pad for Russian attacks, and thousands more of Moscow’s troops are set to be deployed along the border with Ukraine.

So does Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko simply take his orders from the Kremlin, or is he playing a much more complex geopolitical game?

Guests:

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Leader of the Belarusian democratic opposition

Hanna Liubakova

Non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council

Katia Glod

Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis

Valery Kavaleuski

Representative on foreign affairs of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

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