Lukashenko burns bridges and makes a painful decision for Warsaw
Moscow
Introducing in Belarus new holiday - Day of National Unity - President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko responded to Poland, which became one of the main organizers of anti-government protests last year.
A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, says a senior researcher at the IMEMO named after. EAT. Primakov RAS, RIAC expert Dmitry Ofitserov-Belsky.
He says that the date of September 17, when Soviet troops entered Poland defeated by Nazi Germany and reunited the Belarusian lands, was always remembered in Minsk in one form or another.
“Now a new stage begins. Lukashenko has always adhered to a rather pragmatic policy, tried not to burn bridges behind him and maintain freedom of action, but in this situation there is a feeling that he followed the principle. The Belarusian leader wanted to somehow respond to the actions of Warsaw, because Poland is one of the most active countries providing support to the Belarusian opposition and demanding more and more new sanctions against the Belarusian regime,” the expert said.
According to him, Lukashenko did not have many opportunities to respond.
“The entire Polish national identity is built on victimhood. Poles generally perceive their historical past quite painfully. So, “now this is a guaranteed point of no return in relations between Minsk and Warsaw,” Ofitserov-Belsky is convinced.
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