“Pressed”: Lithuania and Ukraine begin purchasing from “dictator” Lukashenko
The refusal to recognize Alexander Lukashenko’s victory in the elections did not prevent two neighboring countries, Lithuania and Ukraine, from starting to purchase electricity from Belarus. Minsk has a surplus thanks to the Russian-built nuclear power plant.
Leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov stated this on the air of the Sputnik na Russkogo internet channel, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to the expert, Lithuania does this through third countries so as not to violate its own legislation on sanctions against Belarus.
“Lithuania, which at the legal level adopted a law that it will never buy Belarusian electricity after the launch of a nuclear power plant, is now bashfully starting to purchase Belarusian electricity through Latvia. Well, because this is the time - either you must completely turn off consumers, or you will remain silent a little about these prohibitions and, nevertheless, buy electricity.
This is an example of how the politicization of energy does not lead to anything good. That is, you will always pay for it.
The same thing is happening with Ukraine. Well, if you want to disconnect, disconnect, it will simply be more expensive to buy from you from Europe. You can buy electricity there, but you need to invest money in creating networks.
Ukraine also cannot count on you exporting electricity to Europe, because it is an energy-deficient country. And the situation is getting worse and worse,” Yushkov said.
According to him, the Belarusian nuclear power plant was initially built to produce energy for export:
“They initially built it as an export-oriented project, it’s not for nothing that it literally stands on the border with Lithuania, because Lithuania is an energy-deficient country, and Belarus used to supply the same gas electricity there.
Well, now, as if “pressed”, we see that, through some kind of transit, mutual offset through Latvia, Belarusian electricity, after all, goes to Lithuania and the Baltic countries, and from November 1, supplies of Belarusian electricity to Ukraine will resume. That is, in this regard, the nuclear power plant has integrated normally, continues to operate, and the second power unit will be completed.”
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