Poles predicted the merger of Belarus with Russia. By the way, on this occasion the leaders of both countries met in Minsk. They discussed the issue of the Union State of Russia and Belarus (SGRB). After that, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko will have to meet on the Russian side, in Sochi. Leaders wait for "hard conversation", they are sure in Poland, where they expect changes in relations between countries. Meanwhile, some details of the Minsk Dialogue leaked to the press.
"Lukashenka spoke about economic problems. I asked Russia to finance part of Belarus' foreign debt. Putin replied that everything can be settled, but only if concrete steps are taken for further integration within the framework of the SDRB and Belarus will support these steps, "the professor of the Higher School of Economics Andrei Suzdaltsev assured the Polish edition of Rzeczpospolita. The expert said that he is a special group under the Federation Council. He believes that the Russian leader expects from his Belarusian counterpart the specifics of rapprochement. "Otherwise, without the economic assistance of Russia, the statehood of Belarus has no chance of existence," explained the professor. The idea of ??a new state was born in April 1997. Charter of the Union signed by Yeltsin and Lukashenko. And the last, they say, put an autograph with only that intent, that he will replace Boris Nicholaevich. However, the power has changed. Putin took the helm. And the idea of ??joint state symbols, a common currency and a single parliament and government gradually disappeared. Although, if you think about the above procedures meant the entry of Belarus into the largest state in the world. "The GDRB will continue. In Moscow, this is not spoken loudly, but the work continues. However, I can not tell you any details. With Lukashenka it's not easy to talk, he blocks many things, "explained the chairman of the pro-Kremlin Center for Political Information Alexei Mukhin. Then he looked into history and made an analogy. "Once in Ukraine it all started with the glorification of Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych. Similar symptoms of this disease are observed in Belarus. Its state system weakened, and thanks to this, the nationalists began to seek national identity, "the expert recalled. Another proof of the rightness of the Poles was seen in the departure of Alexander Surikov, the Russian ambassador to Minsk, who is about to return to his homeland. And before departure, to stop the supply of "banned goods," proposed to let our border guards in Belarus. In addition, the diplomat decided that Minsk should sell Moscow's gas supply system in order to purchase blue fuel at Russian prices. true. This would lead to a complete monopoly of Gazprom, since all Belarusian gas transportation companies already belong to him. The messenger will be replaced by the so-called "Putin's envoy on special missions" Mikhail Babich, who headed the government of Chechnya in 2002-2003. A member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation actively supported the annexation (annexation, as the Polish author writes) of the Crimea. The Holy See prophesied to him a place in the Ukrainian embassy, ??but Kiev refused. "In Minsk, he will seek the deployment in Belarus of a permanent Russian military base, which Lukashenko refused in 2015. Russia did not accept this. She does her best to maximally make Belarus dependent on herself, to deprive her of any space for maneuvers, "political scientist from Belarus Pavel Usov. By the way, the idea of ??integration of the Poles was prompted also by Lukashenka's statement after the visit to Minsk of Putin. "We are at the front. If we do not hold out in the next few years, then we'll fall apart. And this means that it will be necessary to be part of another country, otherwise we will be wiped off with our feet, "the Belarusian president said..