AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Belarus-Russia Relations: Identity as Product and FactorChapter 2: The Economic Dimension of the Russian Policy toward BelarusChapter 3: Russia’s Defense Policy and Belarus after 2020Chapter 4: Falling into a Trap of One’s Own Making: Lukashenka’s Foreign Policy since 2020Chapter 5: Belarus-Russia Relations in Belarusian Public Opinion PollsChapter 6: The Belarusian Opposition and Russia: Evolving Attitudes since 2020Chapter 7: A Loss of Media Sovereignty: Synchronization of Belarusian and Russian Propaganda after 2020Conclusion 161About the Editors