It must be quite stressful to be dictator Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus at the moment.

Putin’s power is being limited by the day, he could not help Al-Assad, he had no means to help Iran, and he is also unable to influence Moldova, and Transnistria could fall any moment.

In the middle of all this, Belarus is in deep economic crisis; and Lukashenko is ruling a country where many believe the rightful president is Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya who won the 2020 election and is now in exile.