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132. Hayk Hovhannisyan, “Russia Tightens Grip as Armenia Moves Closer to Europe,” asbarez.com, 1 August 2013, http://asbarez.com/112324/russia-tightens-grip-as-armenia-moves-closer-to-europe/.

133. “Armenian Parliament Ratifies Treaty on Joining Eurasian Economic Union,” Tass, 4 December 2014, http://itar-tass.com/en/economy/765194.

134. Thomas de Waal, “An Offer Sargsyan Could Not Refuse,” Eurasia Outlook, Carnegie Moscow Center, 4 September 2013, http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/?fa=52841.

135. Zulfugar Agayev, “Azeri-Russian Arms Trade $4 Billion Amid Tension With Armenia,” BloombergBusiness, 13 August 2013, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-08-13/azeri-russian-arms-trade-4-billion-amid-tension-with-armenia.

136. Ibid.

137. In the past, Lukashenko has expressed concern about separatism only regarding the Grodno region, but the potential instigator here was perceived to be Poland, not Russia. “Lukashenko zanyalsya poiskami proyavleniy separatizma v Belarusi,” ua-ru.info, 16 November 2014, http://www.ua-ru.info/news/37017-lukashenko-zanyalsya-poiskami-proyavleniy-separatizma-v-belarusi.html.

138. “Reuters: Armenia, Belarus Refuse to Sign up EaP Declaration over Crimea Reference,” ArmeniaNow, 21 May 2015, http://armenianow.com/news/63646/armenia_riga_summit_eu_eastern_partnership_crimea.

139. Alexander Lukashenko, State of the Nation Address to the Belarusian people and the National Assembly, 22 April 2014.

140. Alexander Lukashenko, Address of the President to the Belarusian People and the National Assembly, 29 April 2015, http://president.gov.by/en/news_en/view/belarus-president-to-address-nation-parliament-on-29-april-11303/.

141. Jonavičius, “From Russia with Love,” p. 229; Petr Kravchenko, Belarus na Rasputiye, p. 305.

142. Jonavičius, “Epilogue,” p. 208; Vytis Jurkonis, “Vitis Jurkonis: Partnerstvo s Kremlem—eto igra so spichkami u benzokolonki,” belaruspartisan.org, 31 May 2014, http://www.belaruspartisan.org/politic/268531/.

143. Alexander Lukashenko, Address of the President to the Belarusian people and the National Assembly, 29 April 2015, http://president.gov.by/en/news_en/view/belarus-president-to-address-nation-parliament-on-29-april-11303/.

144. Shaun Walker, “Who’s That Boy in the Grey Suit? It’s Kolya Lukashenko—the Next Dictator of Belarus…,” The Independent, 29 June 2012, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/whos-that-boy-in-the-grey-suit-its-kolya-lukashenko—the-next-dictator-of-belarus-7897089.html; “Belarus’ Leader Denies Building Dynasty,” Sputnik International, 2 July 2012, http://sputniknews.com/world/20120702/174366944.html.

145. “Belarus: ‘Silent Protests’ Outlawed,” New York Times, 5 October 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/world/europe/belarus-silent-protests-outlawed.html?_r=0.

146. European Union External Action, “What the European Union Could Bring to Belarus,” http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/belarus/documents/eu_belarus/non_paper_1106.pdf.

147. “Belarus: Presidential Election Day Ends in Protests and Crackdown,” GlobalVoices, 19 December 2010, http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/12/19/belarus-presidential-election-day-ends-in-protests-and-crackdown/.

148. Paul Roderick, “Putin Comes Out On Top In New Minsk Agreement,” Forbes, 13 February 2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2015/02/13/putin-comes-out-on-top-in-new-minsk-agreement/.

149. See “Ustav ROO ‘Belarusskoye Kazachestvo,’” Belorusskoye Kazachestvo, http://belkazak.by/org/ustav.html; “Kazaki v Respublike Belarus’,” http://www.kazaki.by/.