Russia's Lavrov postpones Belarus visit after sudden death of foreign minister Vladimir Makei

Euronews ^ | 11/27/2022 | Euronews

[marcusmaximus]

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has postponed a planned visit to Minsk following the death of his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei, according to Russian media reports quoting the foreign ministry.

Belarus's state news agency Belta reported on Saturday that the long-standing foreign minister and associate of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko had died suddenly. The cause of death wasn't given and Makei wasn't known to suffer from any chronic illness.

Makei, 64, was due to meet Lavrov on Monday. Last week he attended a conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) -- a military alliance of several post soviet states -- in Yerevan.

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In Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that ministry officials were shocked by the news of Makei's death.

[marcusmaximus]

Putin preparing to kill Lukashenko and annex Belarus if Lukashenko doesn't agree to deploy Belarus troops to the occupied Donbas and also attack Ukraine at the Polish/Ukrainian border to try to stop NATO arms shipments.

Ukraine and NATO have been preparing for this for months and are ready.

Next week will be very interesting.

[MeganC]

“Died Suddenly”

It’s either he got his booster shot of the mRNA poison or he got a booster shot of lead to the cranium.

I’d bet on the latter.

[marcusmaximus]

He might have been preparing to defect because of Putin’s ultimatum to Lukashenko. Lots of questions about Putin’s war plans for next week.

[caww]

Not hard understanding as Lavrov knew him well.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[ryderann]

I wouldn’t want to be the food taster for these boys.

[marcusmaximus]

Lavrov’s probably the guy who gave Makei the poison at the CSTO summit earlier in the week.

[canuck_conservative]

EU cutoff of Russian oil happens next week too (Dec. 5th)

[Pearls Before Swine]

Putin sent Lavrov there to reason with him.

This is reminscent of the Godfather story, where the Don and Luca Brazzi visit a gentleman and assure him that either his signature or his brains will be on the contract they’ve provided.

[Izzatso]

Putin preparing to kill Lukashenko and annex Belarus if Lukashenko doesn't agree to deploy Belarus troops to the occupied Donbas and also attack Ukraine at the Polish/Ukrainian border to try to stop NATO arms shipments.

That really should be the lede.

[caww]

Of course that’s ridiculous.

[Aeneas2112]

Where’s a window when you need one?

[lump in the melting pot]

‘Ridiculous’ only in the sense that Lavrov is a made man too high up the kremlin mafia food chain to get his hands dirty by carrying out an assassination himself. Nothing surprising about him making the arrangements though.

[VAFreedom]

polonium getting to expensive. $458×(10^12) dollars per litre

[MeganC]

Digoxin is another poison popular with the Russians.

[caww]

Well there’s no doubt about Lavrov carrying a great deal of weight in the Kremlin and especially with Putin of course.

[MarMema]

That’s about right for a Russian lifespan. Do you have any idea what they eat and drink?

[Kazan]

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Nov 27, 2022

Update on Russian military operations in and around Ukraine for November 28, 2022.

- Battle front is stable, Russian forces are pushing back amid stalled Ukrainian offensives;
- Russia continues dismantling Ukraine's power grid, leaving millions without electricity;
- US claims Russia is committing "war crimes" despite the US having targeted power grids repeatedly amid multiple wars of aggression;
- Western sources claim Russia is running out of cruise missiles because of older cruise missiles allegedly turning up in Ukraine;
- Using older cruise missiles and target drones to spoof enemy air defense systems is a long-standing and successful tactic;
- Western media admits growing complications regarding Ukraine's use of donated heavy weapons;