白俄羅斯共和國

白俄羅斯總統盧卡申科是全歐洲唯一一個支持普丁的國家領袖,也在俄烏戰爭開打之前和俄羅斯展開多項演習。至截稿前(2022年7月),各方媒體和專家學者指出白俄羅斯很有可能加入普丁的部隊,開闢另一條對抗烏克蘭的新戰線。白俄羅斯副參謀長甚至表示,若西方主動挑釁,他們將會對波蘭開火。許多歐洲國家已經針對白俄羅斯祭出經濟制裁,使白俄羅斯成為2022年繼烏克蘭和俄羅斯之後,經濟衰退最嚴重的國家。若盧卡申科真的帶領白俄羅斯加入戰爭,預計國內將會再掀起一波反政府浪潮。屆時盧卡申科將會更加依賴普丁,恐怕使白俄羅斯成為俄羅斯的附庸。
*白羅斯政府在2019年把中文譯名正名為「白羅斯」,但直到2022年7月,台灣外交部和各大中文媒體仍以「白俄羅斯」稱之,故本日曆還是以外交部的官方譯名為主。
Year Founded: 1991
Sitting west of Russia, Belarus used to be a constituent of the Soviet Union, establishing its independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The current President, Alexander Lukashenko, has ruled since 1994 and is known as the Last Dictator of Europe by the United States and European countries for his iron fist dictatorship. In 2020, Alexander Lukashenko was reelected with a high vote total. The people declared election fraud and took to the streets en masse to protest, causing the most serious bloody confrontation since the establishment of the Republic of Belarus. Alexander Lukashenko still requires the support of Russia to stay in power right now but is seen sometimes to be at odds with Putin. Whether Belarus is pro-Europe or pro-Russia still remains to be determined.