Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is intensifying efforts to boost his approval ratings as the 2025 presidential campaign approaches. Regime enforcers continue to play a significant role in regulating the economy and redistributing the consumer market, while security forces employ severe repression tactics to demotivate society, Belarus in Focus reports. Lukashenko is also fending off questions about his health. The Belarusian strongman recently travelled to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin but video released on Russian state TV showed him heavily overweight, sweating an…
