GERMANY’S POLICY TOWARDS BELARUS IN THE 2010S: ANALYSIS OF THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, MILITARY SPHERES AND THE WORK OF NGOS AND NCOS
https://doi.org/10.12345/2311-6412_2021_1_44
Abstract
This article analyzes the activities of state and non-state actors-representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany on the territory of Belarus in the field of politics, economy, military cooperation and the activities of German non-state and non-profit organizations in the Republic of Belarus (RB) over the past decade. It was concluded that in the 2010s, in the Belarusian direction Germany in its policy moved from confrontation to building close ties with Belarus in all areas of interaction. Despite the introduction in the second half of 2020 sanctions against the Belarusian regime, this cooperation continues, which threatens to the Russian Federation’s influence in the Republic of Belarus and in the European part of the post-Soviet space as it is.
About the Author
D. D. Vyshegorodtsev
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
master student
82 Vernadsky Avenue, p. 1, Moscow, 119571
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