Belarus

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*2012*

+3.00 Domestic Popularity (Standing up for Russia. People are happy to see such dedicated leadership in Belarus standing up for Putin and Russians)
-1.50 International Popularity (People are nervous about this and see this as Russia perhaps pulling the strings a bit too much behind the scenes)

*2012*

-3.00 Domestic Popularity (People are wondering if perhaps Belarusian government has made a misstep and they are worried this could be very bad for Belarus in the long run)
-2.00 International Popularity (Nations are using Belarus, a smaller country as almost a pincushion for their frustrations with Russia. Its not fair, but there's not much Belarus can do about it at this point.)