The ex-premier of Belarus faces the fate of the arrested Babariko
Former Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Rumas is negotiating in London with several foreign financial institutions and funds and may rarely visit his native country in the near future.
He stated this in an interview with the Tut.by website, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Negative investment sentiment today is holding back their arrival in our country. Some of these offerings do not require a permanent physical presence,” Rumas said.
He emphasized that the projects he is involved in are exclusively financial and investment ones and do not involve political activity.
“If I had such plans, then in the time that has passed since my resignation they would have already somehow been realized. Now I would like to return to a more familiar financial environment,” Rumas said.
He expressed bewilderment that Belarusian security forces detained a group of bankers and representatives of commercial structures with whom he had previously worked.
There is reason to believe that Minsk was expecting similar statements from Rumas, who is considered a potential and strong competitor of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Political scientist Alexander Shpakovsky, close to the president, hinted that Rumas could repeat the fate of former chairman of the board of Belgazaprombank Viktor Babariko, who was going to participate in the presidential elections, but was arrested on suspicion of committing economic crimes.
“Rumas’ question is what’s really interesting right now. How can Sergei Nikolaevich avoid becoming Viktor Dmitrievich? In London sometimes miracles happen to people. Even with such smart people as Sergei Nikolaevich. After all, Viktor Dmitrievich also “had everything” in this life,” Shpakovsky wrote in his Telegram channel.
Alexander Lukashenko dismissed Rumas last July on the eve of the presidential elections. At that time, the Belarusian leader had very tense relations with Russia. The crisis lasted for at least a year. Lukashenko was unable to reach an agreement with the Kremlin either on gas or oil, or on the terms of integration.
At the same time, Rumas managed to conduct quite effective negotiations in Russia. As HSE professor Andrei Suzdaltsev said, when the Belarusian prime minister came to Moscow for the first time, Dmitry Kozak, who was talking with him, was so happy that he called Dmitry Medvedev, and he immediately invited the Minsk guest to his dacha.
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