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| Russian political scientist on recognition of Lukashenko's victory |
| 2020-08-10 |
| Translated from Russian. Appeared in regnum.ru Russia makes a mistake after a mistake Russian authorities decided to work with Alexander Lukashenko because he definitely controls the situation in Belarus, but in the long run it is a mistake, said in a conversation with the correspondent of the IA REGNUM on Monday, August 10, political scientist Dmitry Bolkunets. According to preliminary data from the Central Election Commission of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko gained about 80 % of votes in the elections of the President of Belarus. Vladimir Putin sent him a telegram, in which he said: he expects that Lukashenko's state activity will "further develop mutually beneficial relations in all areas", "deepening cooperation within the framework of the Union State", "increasing integration processes and military-political connections". "Unfortunately, the Russian authorities do not notice important Belarusian trends. And in this political direction, one mistake after another. But there is no news in this. Russia has always behaved like this. One of the elements of the game in the post-Soviet space is to recognize authoritarian leaders, and then when something happens to them, hit the bells and shout about Maidan. Lukashenko controls the situation in Belarus, and therefore decided to work with him. But Lukashenko spent his entire campaign in an anti-Russian way, and therefore Russia loses its face. Lukashenko becomes a triumphant. It turns out that he is allowed to provoke Russia, and then receive both financial and political support for it. At the same time, the Russian authorities certainly know what the real situation in Belarus is, understand that civil resistance will not die, and do not nourish any illusions in this regard ", Dmitry Bolcunets said. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 Or (whoops!) Belarus in this case. But the principle still stands. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-08-10 16:00 |
| #1 Big power politics. Of course the Russians don’t care what is best for the Ukrainian citizenry, they want the one who will work most comfortably and effectively for them and for Russian goals. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-08-10 15:59 |