Reuters: Putin gives $1.5 billion loan in show of support to Belarus leader amid protests

Richard Haass on Vladimir Putin loaning Belarus Pres. Alexander Lukashenko $1.5M: 'There's a lot of people out there who think the price of saving Lukashenko is going to be that Lukashenko is going to seed a good part of his sovereignty to Mr. Putin.'

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