Belarus approves hosting nuclear weapons, Russian forces permanently

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Belarusians cast ballots Sunday in a constitutional referendum that the country’s authoritarian leader called to cement his 27-year old grip on power, even as he offers the country’s territory to his ally Russia to invade Ukraine.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has edged even closer to Russia amid crippling Western sanctions over his crackdown on domestic protests, said he was confident that Belarusians will support a set of constitutional amendments that would allow him to stay in power until 2035.

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Belarusians voted Monday to allow the country to host nuclear weapons and Russian forces permanently, results showed, part of a package of constitutional reforms that also extended the rule of leader Alexander Lukashenko. 

Central Election Commission head Igor Karpenko said 65.16 percent of referendum participants voted in favour of the amendments and 10.07 percent voted against.

The reforms also cement Lukashenko’s 27-year-old grip on power as they allow the president to stay in power until 2035 and give him lifetime immunity from prosecution once he leaves office.

The constitutional changes grant immunity to former leaders for crimes committed during their term in office.

Speaking at a polling station on Sunday, Lukashenko said that he could ask Russia to return nuclear weapons to Belarus.
“If you [the West] transfer nuclear weapons to Poland or Lithuania, to our borders, then I will turn to Putin to return the nuclear weapons that I gave away without any conditions,” Lukashenko said.

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[bionic 50,111]

I expect in the next few years there will also be a referendum on uniting with Russia. The boldness of deciding to stay in power for another decade by a fake election

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46 minutes ago, bionic said:

I expect in the next few years there will also be a referendum on uniting with Russia. The boldness of deciding to stay in power for another decade by a fake election

There is no need for that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_State They can officially became a common state already.

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So he basically wants to be Putin 2.0...

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Yeah **** u

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Just now, Teletubby said:

 

 

Belarus has nuclear weapons!?! Seriously, all eyes are in europe right now. Im afraid what would China do to Asia. 

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1 minute ago, Shipper said:

Belarus has nuclear weapons!?

no, Belarus had 81 single warhead missiles stationed on its territory after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. They were all transferred to Russia by 1996. In May 1992, Belarus acceded to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

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@Teletubby You may want to update the thread.

Just by knowing Lukashenko I doubt that this was legitimate.

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11 hours ago, 27monster27 said:

Just by knowing Lukashenko I doubt that this was legitimate.

it definitely wasn't legitimate

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can someone please tell me what this means, im really confused

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13 minutes ago, Sir Bride said:

can someone please tell me what this means, im really confused

Belarus doesn't have nuclear weapons but now they will allow Russia to base nuclear weapons on its soil.