By Ewan Sutherland
Anyone who had not known of Belarus would have learned of its role as a location for Russian military manoeuvres in preparation for, and in the execution of, its second invasion of Ukraine earlier this year. Formerly the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, it became independent in 1991 when the USSR was dissolved. In 1994 Alexander Lukashenka was its first elected president, an office he has retained in a series of elections described by international monitors as ‘neither free nor fair’.
How does governance work in an autocracy? EWAN SUTHERLAND reveals the story of a secretive state.
- Intermedia Issue:
- Vol 50 Issue 2
- Issue Date:
- December 2022
Ewan Sutherland
Consultant; Research Fellow, LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Research Associate, CRIDS, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium 
