All news for 23.08.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX

Russia opposes Western mediation in negotiations between the Belarusian government and the opposition, since during similar events in Ukraine in 2014, the West demonstrated its complete inability to negotiate. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this today, speaking at the youth forum “Territory of Meanings,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Now they are also trying to outline Belarus according to their own patterns and...

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky advised Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to agree to the opposition’s demands and hold repeat elections. He stated this in an interview with Euronews, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Let's imagine that I am confident in myself, confident in people's votes, that I am a confident person. How can I calm everyone down? I would definitely say: “In a month...

The West has no reason to challenge the results of the presidential elections in Belarus, since it did not send its observers to them. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this today, speaking at the youth forum “Territory of Meanings,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The elections in Belarus were on the radar of a rather radical opposition, including those directly associated with our Western partners, this...

The West is using the so-called opposition coordination council and former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who fled to Lithuania, to escalate the protests in Minsk. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this today, speaking at the youth forum “Territory of Meanings,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Western countries, and above all the United States, are trying to present this council as a legitimate partner...

The European Union does not consider Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko legitimate, but will maintain relations with him. The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, stated this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais. According to him, the European Union does not intend to turn Belarus “into a second Ukraine.” He also urged not to compare...

It is not profitable for the Kremlin to support Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in a situation where mass protests are taking place in the country. This was stated in an interview with Ksenia Sobchak’s YouTube channel by Maria Kolesnikova, the head of the headquarters of the failed presidential candidate of Belarus, who is in a pre-trial detention center, Viktor Babariko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I don’t think it’s beneficial for the Kremlin to help a weakened dictator who is not supported by the majority. IN…

Belarusian smugglers flatly refused to illegally smuggle the controversial liberal journalist Ksenia Sobchak into Belarus. She spoke about this on her YouTube channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I really wanted to be in Minsk and today I had to go on air from there. It’s no secret that despite Covid and all the restrictions, the Russian-Belarusian border is still transparent in some places, and the guides...

Starting today, the Belarusian Army is taking under protection all monuments and memorials to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War in order to prevent nationalist opposition rallies from taking place near them. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Belarus Viktor Khrenin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Our people go to them to pray and lay flowers. Today we cannot calmly watch as under the flags, under...

Unconditional support for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is not Russia’s only strategy. Belarusian political consultant Alexander Koltunov stated this in an interview with Ksenia Sobchak’s YouTube channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Russia will need to reformat the system, because the Russians will say: “Sasha, I’m sorry, but something will have to change. We saved you once again, it won’t happen again.” He understands perfectly well...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko had to go out to the protesters without security. Belarusian political consultant Alexander Koltunov stated this in an interview with Ksenia Sobchak’s YouTube channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If I were him, on Sunday, without security, without journalists, without body armor, I would perform such an emotional action that no one expects, and would go into this crowd. Guaranteed...