Lukashenko's successor. First bet
A possible successor to Alexander Lukashenko as President of Belarus could be the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of BSU Vadim Gigin.
Belarusian journalist Vladimir Mamontov made this assumption in his Telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The president mentioned Vadim Gigin 8 times (once an hour, more often he mentioned only Vladimir Putin), once on the list of those whom the organizers of the riots were going to take their lives. On the fifth mention, the most perspicacious commentators guessed: here he is, the successor,” Mamontov wrote, analyzing Lukashenko’s recent big press conference.
At this press conference, the Belarusian president promised that he would leave “very soon” and made it clear that he would name his successor. According to him, there are 15-20 people “like me and the majority will vote for them.”
The day after the press conference, Gigin was invited to appear on the radio with Vladimir Solovyov, where he defended Lukashenko’s position, including on the issue of Crimea. During the conversation, however, it became clear that the scientist’s views are not identical to the position of the Belarusian leader, who in recent years has been proclaiming sovereignty as an absolute value.
“If Belarus, Ukraine and Russia were a single state, this would be one moment...”, Solovyov discussed the recognition of Crimea.
Suddenly Gigin perked up and interrupted the presenter.
“How cool it would be! Vladimir Rudolfovich, your forecast, when will Russia, Ukraine and Belarus become a single union state?” he asked.
Solovyov replied that if there is political will, this process could take 3-5 years, and the union of the three Slavic countries “will still be reached.”
“You probably remember that it was on Crimean soil that such a union was once formalized in the early 2000s. And what came of it...”, Gigin noted sadly.
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