Integration - A Path to Self-Assertion?

Relations between Belarus and Russia in the International Context

Author(s): Astrid Sahm
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 4
Pages: 2-4
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2006

The latest presidential elections in Belarus have shown that Aleksandar Lukashenka continues to enjoy the support of the political leadership in Moscow. In view of the stagnation in the Belarusian-Russian integration process as well as the numerous conflicts in the bilateral relations, the Kremlin's position can only be understood against the backdrop of the increasingly visible competition over integration and values between Russia and the West.

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