well, there's a lot of sound and fury, but not much action. Russians are understandably reluctant to share their now strongish currency with someone very likely to prit money with abandon...

As to the joint presidency. Lukashenka has his sights on it indeed, but the more intriguing possibility is for that presidency to be made really powerful and for Putin to take it over when his current mandate (which the constitution says he cannote reelected to again) ends.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes