The British set out to pull Lukashenko out of “Putin’s sticky embrace”
The ambitions of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko can be used against Russia and Vladimir Putin personally.
As a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, the British The Times writes about this in the article “The last dictator of Europe may become our ally in the fight against Putin” (translation by InoSMI).
The author sets out the version, recently popular in the West, that Vladimir Putin, after the expiration of his presidential term in 2024, will become the ruler of a new state that will unite Russia and Belarus.
What follows is a not entirely clear thesis that the presidency of the inexperienced Zelensky will provoke Russia to begin military operations in the Donbass. And this, in turn, will force Lukashenko to flee “from the sticky embrace of Putin” and economic integration with the Russian Federation to the West.
“To be honest, there is no point in urgently inviting Lukashenko’s Belarus to the European Union or NATO. But if Moscow continues to push him into a corner, he may soon ask for a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A condition for this may be the implementation of deep economic reforms.
Perhaps he will also seek financial support from Europe. The condition for such assistance could be transparent elections, concessions to civil society, as well as a moratorium on the use of the death penalty. Little by little, we can help the autocracy breathe more freely - and show Putin that he cannot treat the former Soviet republics as his personal playground,” the author argues in The Times.
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