Even Lukashenko in Belarus is worried about the resurrection of Soviet Union 2.0, at least if Putin want to take “his” country:
“If there are some pundits here who believe that the Belarusian land is a part, as they say now, of the so-called Russian world or rather Russian Forget about it. We have always been hospitable to anyone. But we will make everyone to respect our sovereignty and our independence,” he said.
“Somebody thinks that there was no such country It was not, but now it exists, and this must be considered. And we will not give our land to anyone,” Lukashenko said.
http://www.unian.info/politics/1038195-lukashenko-belarus-is-not-part-of-russian-world.html
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