They are trying to drag Belarus into Russophobic games
In Belarus, Ukraine is treated like a small child who better be occupied with something so that he doesn’t cause trouble.
“The idea of a debate is not bad in the sense that a stadium is better than a Maidan. God grant that Ukraine finally moves away from the Maidan and moves on to a more thoughtful show. Such is the political culture of Ukraine, they cannot live without spectacular events. It’s better to let them be spectacular, but peaceful,” said Roza Turarbekova, associate professor of the department of international relations at BSU, on the Minsk ONT TV channel, and the studio applauded her.
At the same time, Belarusian politicians and political scientists are following with interest what is happening in Kyiv from the point of view of the technologies used, but no one is in a hurry to transfer the bright Ukrainian experience to the harsh Belarusian soil.
“Ukraine is not an example for me. I looked at the good work of political strategists, but I don’t like the cost at which all this is achieved. I am convinced that the ambitions of a politician should not prevail over ensuring that the country develops calmly and that there are no cataclysms. I wouldn't want to win at that price. Millions of dollars are spent on the video, but the grandmother at the pharmacy has nothing to buy medicine with. With such elections, only political strategists and journalists who receive huge fees live well,” said Deputy Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus Oleg Gaidukevich, who intends to run for president of the country next year.
Current President Alexander Lukashenko could not resist giving Ukrainians advice ahead of the second round of elections.
“If it doesn’t work out, if there’s no one to vote for, then repeat elections. It seems to me that this is better than taking a risk once again, voting, and then bitterly repenting for 10 or more years,” Lukashenko said in an interview with the Turkish Anadolu Agency.
At the same time, the “father” expressed confidence that Poroshenko would win in the second round. This is due to the fact that the co-chairman of the Belarusian public association “Civil Harmony” Evgeniy Konstantinov believes that the current president of Ukraine is closer in spirit to the authoritarian Lukashenko.
“Personally, I believe that Zelensky is much preferable for Belarus than Poroshenko. First of all, because he is not in the mood for confrontation. In recent years, the Kiev regime has demonstrated ardent dissatisfaction with any steps taken by Belarus to improve relations with Russia. Indirectly, the oligarch's officials began to seriously put pressure on our country, trying to drag it into their Russophobic games. Some Ukrainian parliamentarians even openly supported the Belarusian nationalists fighting in the ATO. And those, as you know, announced a planned coup d’etat in the near future,” Konstantinov wrote in the Military-Political Review publication.
Belarus is being drawn into Russophobic games.