Yes, anti-Russian Belarussians is another possibility.
The Belorussian people are at a crossroads themselves. Their current market for agricultural equipment in the US could evaporate if they side with the Russians, (there's a contingent of farmers here who are descended from Ukrainian immigrants--they aren't just German and Norwegian families, here). Belarus makes a reasonable medium duty tractor, and sales of those could plummet overnight.
Belarus tractors are now being sold under the MTZ brand in the US. While that market share is only a small part of the US market, that market is worth about 100 billion dollars.
The claim, too, is that the tractor works in Minsk make one in ten of the tractors in the world. Something to consider, as the global ag equipment market is is estimated at 160 Billion dollars, and the US would not be the only market segment affected by Belorussia siding with Russia.
How much of that market goes to Russia? Will that economic consideration not be enough to keep the Belorussians from becoming a satellite (soviet) state?
Tune in next week...
