Belarusians, Russians Aren’t Cousins Let Alone Brothers, New Book Says

Anatoly Taras

Even as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka promote between their two governments, a new book argues that “Russians and Belarusians are in no way brothers. Indeed, they are not even cousins” and adds that they have had very different histories and will experience very different fates.

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