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Belarus is led by Europe's longest ruling dictator, President Alexander Lukashenko, who is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Lukashenko let Russia use Belarusian territory as a staging ground for Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and later allowed the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear missiles. The Slavic supremo did not bother changing the name of the KGB when the USSR dissolved and Belarus became independent in 1991. Like Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko uses the KGB to ruthlessly suppress his own people and liquidate political opponents. Putin using the Belarusian KGB was a clever and logical move that European CI agencies caught on to. Most Belarusians oppose the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but are powerless against Lukashenko's iron grip over the country. This tyrant attended the recent massive military parade in Beijing with his fellow authoritarians. In the event of a Russian invasion of the Baltic republics, Belarus would be key to the operation.