Frankfurter Rundschau: Putin Can Let Lukashenka Fall

There are too many points to the weakness of the Belarusian usurper.

In the fight against the protest movement in Belarus, Lukashenka is playing with all his might "on the keyboard of anti-Western propaganda" and claims that "columns of NATO tanks are buzzing right at the gates of the country," writes the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau (translated - dw.com).

But at the same time, Lukashenka "increasingly gives the impression of a bewildered ruler who, after 26 years of rule, is no longer able to understand that no one wants to follow him anymore." His threats show his weakness, and there is "a justified hope that Putin will be able to show understanding and allow Lukashenka to fall." But "the biggest danger is that Lukashenka can put everything on one card. Namely, on an escalation of violence."