Putin Doesn't Need to Annex Belarus, Analyst Says

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Belarus has been a complete vassal of the Kremlin since 2020, it will do whatever it wants. Therefore, Putin does not need to annex it. However, if Moscow decides that Belarus will become part of the Russian Federation, the West has no leverage to prevent it, Martina Heranová, head of the Department of Security Studies at CEVRO University, told Novinka.