Fear of Vladimir Putin grows in Belarus

20 November 2019, 04:14 | Policy
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" But at the same time, tension in relations with Russia is growing - and fear of Vladimir Putin, "

For President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, parliamentary elections are “a very serious practical issue”. “In this sense, Belarusian citizens passed an important practical test at the weekend, because when official data became available on Monday, it quickly became clear that in the future no opposition politician would be represented in the parliament,” said article author Ulrich Krekel.

" “The result has been known for a long time,” said the Social Democrat Nikolai Statkevich, who spoke against Lukashenko in the 2010 presidential election. ”.

However, only two out of 110 opposition deputies were present in the previous parliament.. “Nevertheless, the elections held a year earlier are of particular importance for Belarus and, in addition, for the power structure in the post-Soviet space,” Krekel believes.. - After all, a dictator who is untouchable inside the country is under growing pressure from the outside, or rather, under the pressure exerted by Russia’s great neighbor. Due to tax maneuver in Moscow, the cost of Russian oil supplies has risen since the beginning of the year. And the state-run Belarusian economy is dependent on soft feeds as well as on Kremlin loans. "

" The various " Good behavior in politics in exchange for cheap raw materials - that was the motto of the Kremlin boss. Putin acted in a similar way with Belarus, although he attracted less attention.. The reason for the restraint was Lukashenko’s anti-Western position, "

" There were signs that Putin wants to bring a new base to the forced peace of Russia and Belarus. The leverage for this is given precisely by the treaties on the union state that Lukashenko concluded in the 1990s with the then ruler of the Kremlin, Boris Yeltsin. Initially, the project was supposed to help Lukashenko take power in the new union instead of the old Yeltsin.. However, now a more powerful position is taken by Vladimir Putin, and Lukashenko sees this as an open threat. Observers in Minsk are sure that it is for this reason that parliamentary elections were held a year earlier: to emphasize Lukashenko’s internal power.

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Speculation about a scenario in which Putin could remove Lukashenko in order to proclaim himself president of the Russian-Belarusian union state has been circulating in Moscow and Minsk for a long time.. “At the same time, this would give the Kremlin’s boss the opportunity to extend his own rule through the new constitution. However, Lukashenko does not want to participate in this, writes Frankfurter Rundschau in conclusion. - In 2020, he will run for president again, Lukashenko announced "




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