The two presidents will meet in Moscow today (RFE/RL). Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been increasingly isolated internationally following his crackdown on domestic political opposition. Belarus and Russia are in the final stages of negotiating a military and economic cooperation deal (RFE/RL).
Germany: Public prosecutors raided the country’s finance and justice ministries (Bloomberg) as part of an investigation into a unit of the finance ministry’s alleged mishandling of a money-laundering alert. The alleged wrongdoing would have occurred under Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, who is leading polls to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.
