Belarus, in the face of protests from the pro-Western opposition and Alexander Lukashenko’s refusal to deepen integration with Moscow, will face difficult times, since the previous economic stability was ensured by subsidies from Russia.
Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleg Voloshin, ex-speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The parliamentarian emphasized that “Difficult times are ahead for Belarus.”
“Socialism existed there at the expense of dependency, at the expense of Russia, due to the fact that Russia for decades subsidized Belarus with supplies of cheap oil, cheap gas, admission to its market of Belarusian goods on preferential terms and by turning a blind eye to “Belarusian lobsters,” then there is contraband, etc.,” Voloshin said.