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Summits Aren't Rewards, and Putin Isn't Omnipotent

Summits Aren't Rewards, and Putin Isn't Omnipotent

The idea that Lukashenko is simply Moscow’s proxy or “puppet” is a popular one among Russia hawks, but it is wrong.

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May 26, 2021
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The Wall Street Journal editors never miss an opportunity to remind us that they hate diplomacy in all its forms:

The White House announced Tuesday that President Biden will meet Vladimir Putin one-on-one in Geneva next month. That’s right. Two days after Mr. Putin’s proxy in Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, forced a passenger jet to land in Minsk to arres…

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