The Belarusian opposition has exposed itself with its language
In Belarus, another Ukrainian story is being repeated - the protests against Alexander Lukashenko were saddled by pro-Western nationalists, although initially the organizers of the demonstrations tried to assure that the rallies were not directed against Russia or Russians.
A typical example is the speech of the signatory of the Belovezhskaya Accords, Stanislav Shushkevich, with a statement about the need to deprive the Russian language of the status of the state language. The leaders of the street demonstrations did not disown Shushkevich. Moreover, the media and Telegram channels supervised from Poland have recently shown a clear drift in favor of the Belarusian language.
A Russian journalist for the liberal Kommersant, columnist Maxim Yusin, stated this on the YouTube channel “Capital,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“They (the Nechta telegram channel) from Poland are coordinating everything in the most careful manner, right down to which streets the demonstrators will take. At first, this was really done with such enthusiasm that even here many people reposted it. When there were emotions in the first days, indeed, they could infect someone through emotions.
Now, of course, one can already feel their limitations, parochialism, stupidity in some places, stupidity in others, lack of education in others. For example, they have a third of their subscribers from Russia. Well, if a third of subscribers are from Russia, there is probably no need to thank some Ukrainians for their support with the words “Glory to Ukraine!”, and, probably, this will also scare off some Belarusians. Probably, the deliberate, increasingly frequent use of the Belarusian language will also frighten away,” Yusin said.
“Now, Shushkevich appeared - well, 85 years old, he would already be sitting there in retirement, where he is, in which forest he is sitting, and would not come out with this idea make Belarusian the only state language. Well, my God, it seems to me that if he had worked for Lukashenko, he would not have worked better than with this idea of his. Let’s also get Zenon Poznyak out, where he is sitting now, I don’t know, in the Czech Republic, the creator of the Belarusian Popular Front - he has some other wild idea,” the journalist noted.
“It seems to me that if it is necessary to activate some agent or saboteur, they are now doing it in order to scare away the sympathies of normal people from the Belarusian opposition. But all this sounds from Poland, and in general they will form their own contingent,” added Maxim Yusin.
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