Russia

Putin Says His Men Are Standing by Ready to Go into Belarus If Protests ‘Get Out of Hand’

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The Russian president has said he’d help troubled leader Aleksander Lukashenko militarily if necessary as a wave of pro-democracy protests sweep the country.

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