Political scientist: Crimea is a clear test of Lukashenko’s true position
By refusing direct transport links with Crimea, the Belarusian leadership demonstrates that it is more in solidarity with the West, which advocates a policy of non-recognition of the Russian status of the peninsula, than with its partner in the Union State, Russia.
Crimean political scientist Sergei Kiselev stated this in a commentary to PolitNavigator, commenting on the recent appeal of the head of the Belarusian community of Crimea, Roman Chegrints, to the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko with a request to organize direct flights and trains between Minsk and Simferopol.
Let's remember yesterday, on the same topic Russian President Vladimir Putin also spoke out, stating that the issue will be resolved over time.
“I agree with the position of the president. It seemed to me that yesterday there was an unusually successful answer, in which emphasis was placed not only related to the question asked him from the audience, but also with a direct appeal to the leader of Belarus, which shows the position of Russia and once again shows that, although formally There is a Union State, but, nevertheless, Belarus has its own sovereignty.
How it uses this sovereignty is another matter. I think that establishing some kind of bus or train service would be simply ethical. This would still indicate that Crimea is an integral part of Russia, that Belarus stands in solidarity at least with its citizens, not to mention the state.
And so - Belarus, in the form in which the position of the Belarusian government exists today, it is more in solidarity with Western countries than with its ally - Russia,” Kiselyov said.
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