The future of Belarusian sovereignty remains under serious geopolitical threat. Is the Kremlin capable of compensating for its military defeats at the cost of finally absorbing Belarus? World-renowned historian, former director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, Serhii Plokhii, in an exclusive interview with Siarhei Pelesa for the "ProSvet" program, analyzes the historical roots and contemporary challenges of Belarusian statehood.