As protests in Belarus continue peacefully into their third day, here’s a question I’d like to throw into the mix:
- Is Lukashenko gambling that the protests will eventually fizzle out of their own accord, and that, for allowing them to continue uninterrupted, he will enhance his democratic credentials?
I can’t see that the majority in the US and the EU are going to be swayed, but it could be a useful propaganda tool among both his own people, and the people of Russia.