Irish Examiner view: Putin’s puppet clings to power in Belarus

Police detain a protester as two women try to defend him during a mass rally following presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus. Picture: AP Photo/Sergei Grits

Former British prime minister Neville Chamberlain will be remembered for his declaration of “peace for our time”.

He made it after meetings in Germany, but in less than two years the assurances he was given proved meaningless.