Rising tension in the relations between Belarus and Russia

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Series Details 08.02.17
Publication Date 08/02/2017
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Reports on the rising tension between Belarus and Russia in 2017, following a series of episodes which cooled the relations between the two traditional allies.

The events included a dispute over payment of energy supplies and the Russian decision to create 'border zones' where free transit has been the norm.
Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/belarus-in-energy-and-border-fracas-with-big-brother-russia/
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Foreign Policy, 06.02.17: What Exactly Is Going on Between Russia and Belarus? http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/02/06/what-exactly-is-going-on-between-russia-and-belarus/
BELTA, 07.02.17: Lukashenko concerned over decline in trade in Belarus-Russia Union State, EEU http://eng.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-concerned-over-decline-in-trade-in-belarus-russia-union-state-eeu-98550-2017/
ECFR: Commentary, 14.02.17: Belarus’s game of truancy http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_belarus_game_of_truancy_7232
Belarus Digest, 24.01.17: Will the Kremlin topple Lukashenka? http://belarusdigest.com/story/will-kremlin-topple-lukashenka-28643
Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 20.02.17: A Belarusian Balancing Act http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/68054
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