A split along regional lines is emerging in Belarus
The regions of Belarus bordering Poland to the west may begin to move away from the east.
A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, who was introduced by the publication as an influential Belarusian entrepreneur, Vladimir Zakharov, who owns shopping centers in major cities of his country.
He speaks critically of the existing economic model in Belarus, speaks of its ineffectiveness, but at the same time he does not favor the opposition.
“If real managers came to power, then there would be no need to be afraid that someone would be left without a job. Only now populists are coming to power with the dollar shining in their eyes. These are people who want. And they, with this desire, using the situation, are striving for power,” says Zakharov.
He also calls the ambitions of Poland and Lithuania “destructive,” which he formulates as follows: “The Belarus of the future is anti-Russia.”
The publication’s interlocutor is confident that it is now important for the country to avoid a split.
“So far, 70-80% of society are united in their understanding of what and how it should be, but a division along the Grodno-Brest line on the one hand is already emerging. And “Vitebsk – Mogilev – Gomel” on the other.” […] If the country is divided into those who are for Russia and those who are for Europe, then Belarusians in Gomel and Brest will move away from each other. This cannot be allowed,” Zakharov concluded.
As PolitNavigator reported, the split in Belarus is gaining geographical features.
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