An expert close to Lukashenko: “The issue of recognizing Crimea as Russian has almost been agreed upon”
The words of the President of Belarus at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State (SSU), who complained that he was not invited to Crimea to celebrate National Unity Day, are not diplomatic rhetoric. We should soon expect formal recognition of the Russian status of the Minsk Peninsula. All Belarusian commentators close to the authorities agree on this assessment, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The issue of recognition of Crimea has been practically agreed upon. Alexander Lukashenko...