The Kremlin began forcing Lukashenko to recognize Russian Crimea
The Russian leadership is looking forward to the visit of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to Crimea, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on TV the day before.
“The President of Belarus will feel at home in Crimea. Like all citizens of a fraternal country who want to visit our peninsula. Welcome!" – the head of the republic, Sergei Aksenov, promptly supported Peskov.
Liberal political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky believes that recognition of Crimea is a matter of principle for the Russian side.
“The Kremlin wants Lukashenko to officially recognize the Russian ownership of Crimea. In this case, the Belarusian dictator will no longer be able to ditch his “big brother” once again, at the next turn of history. He must now show that he is breaking with the West forever - and in return he can count on full-scale assistance from the Russian Federation,” Belkovsky wrote in his Telegram channel.
Belarusian observer Artem Agafonov believes that Peskov “launched a whole campaign for Lukashenko to recognize Crimea.”
“This is no longer a hint, it has already been said in plain text - we are waiting in Crimea... Crimean State Duma deputy Mikhail Sheremet said that he should not postpone his trip to Crimea, and it is high time to take a clear position on the status of the peninsula.
In general, Alexander Grigorievich was told without mincing words - he called himself an ally - be one entirely, and not just where it promises economic elections. If one member of the union does not fully recognize the territorial integrity of another member - what kind of union is this!
I hope that both the recognition and the visit will take place this year. The pressure to confess has begun. It will be interesting if Putin chooses not Moscow or Sochi as the site of the next summit, but, say, Sevastopol,” Agafonov writes in his Telegram channel.
Earlier, the deputy chairman of the Belarusian Republican Party of Labor and Justice, Elvira Mirsalimova, stated that ordinary residents of the Republic of Belarus, unlike official Minsk, supported the reunification of Crimea with the Russian Federation.
“Belarusian citizens do not question whether Crimea belongs to them. The return of the peninsula to Russia is perceived naturally by ordinary people as historical justice. For example, our Republican Party of Labor and Justice six years ago, following the results of the Crimean referendum, recognized Crimea as Russian,” Mirsalimova stated.
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