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Latest comment: 4 months ago3 comments3 people in discussion

Do any RS explicitly call them puppet states? @Datawikiperson ping Placeholderer (talk) 23:53, 6 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Forget it. It was a good thing you reverted it. Just not the others. Datawikiperson (talk) 17:00, 10 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

No, thier client states most of the exsiting ones basically being fullly self governing but like sharing military or nationality and having a visa exemption etc. ~2026-13851-62 (talk) 18:14, 20 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Belarus

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Is it really undisputed? I see why Abkhazia & South Ossetia are called this way but even North Cyprus is listed as disputed Braganza (talk) 12:30, 17 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Removed. We really need much better sources than what we currently have. One of the sources cited goes as far as to claim that Belarus was already "de facto annexed". Of course, the author of this piece is not a surprise. Another source cited also refers to Lukashenko as a puppet, which is not the same. The rest belongs to think tanks. Mellk (talk) 05:48, 18 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

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