President Lukashenko, a key ally of Vladimir Putin, may have launched the alarming drills taking place right by the border of two NATO nations under the Kremlin s orders.
The Russian Defense Ministry has announced that the control over the decision to use non-strategic nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus in sync with the Moscow-Minsk deal ¬will be carried out by Russia.
Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko are often described as a political match made in heaven. But the strength of their relationship - and whether they even like each other - has been questioned by many.
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