Well-known Russophobe admires Lukashenko’s policies
Nobel Prize winner in literature Svetlana Alexievich does not condemn the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko for the fact that he has not yet banned the entry of foreigners into the country and has not declared a quarantine at least in educational institutions.
She stated this in an interview with the Belarusian Radio Liberty, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“It seems to me that it is absurd to blame politicians, Lukashenko for example... I don’t think that everything should be reduced to the fact that Lukashenko doesn’t do something. Nobody knows what to do. Well, let's close the borders. Black trade will begin when food and that same toilet paper disappear. There will be an even greater infection,” Alexievich said.
She equated the profession of a politician with the professions of a doctor and a soldier and called them all “holy people.” The writer liked the situation in Belarus, where people walk the streets without masks.
“When I returned to Belarus, I liked the peace, the lack of panic, and there was food in the stores, and toilet paper. Although they say that it has now disappeared in some places. I was sad to see Westerners in confusion, empty shelves in the stores there. And most importantly, there are no guarantees that the measures that are being taken there will protect people... And Belarusians behave very honorably. Restaurants and pubs are already closed in London. We have it all open, people go there. I live in Trinity Suburb. I see from my window how people walk along the river, feed the birds, two fishermen catch fish... Without masks,” the writer noted.
In February, in an interview with the same publication, she argued that no one except Lukashenko “will be able to resist Moscow like that.”
Alexievich is known for her support for Ukraine in the conflict with Russia and her condemnation of the “aggressive world of Beria, Stalin, Putin and Shoigu.”
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