The results of today's negotiations are discussed by Radio Svaboda's political commentators

Yury Drakakhrust, Valer Karbalevich

and

Siarhei Naumchyk.

Karbalevich

Valer Karbalevich

  • The main things that Lukashenko and Putin discussed did not coincide with what was publicly announced.

  • Lukashenko told how programs of the Russian Military Industry are being implemented in Belarus.

  • It is quite likely that goods, whose import into Russia is directly prohibited, are going to Russia through the territory of Belarus.

    But Belarus is not the only channel for circumventing sanctions.

  • At a press conference yesterday, Lukashenka invited Biden, Putin and Zelensky to Minsk to hold peace talks.

  • He understands that the fate of his regime will be determined by the war in Ukraine.

  • Lukashenka wanted to find out directly from Putin what the interlocutor's plans are regarding the war in Ukraine.

  • Military experts say that there are still no signs that Russia is preparing an attack on Ukraine from the territory of Belarus.

  • The mobilized arrive, they are trained and taken from Belarus to the front in Donbass.

  • Lukashenka's phrase "As if I could disagree" is an irony.

    But it is not only possible.

  • When Putin came to Minsk, Lukashenka told him that you and I are the most toxic in the world.

    And yesterday, talking about a hypothetical meeting with Biden, he explained that there would be two aggressors and one president of a peace-loving country.

  • There is a subconscious recognition of the drama of the situation in which he found himself.

Naumchik

Siarhei Naumchyk

  • After the meetings between Lukashenka and Putin, it was never announced that they would attack Ukraine.

  • Lukashenko promised to make combat attack aircraft in Belarus, "which have proven themselves well in Ukraine."

    It is well known that she has established herself there.

  • It is not known what Lukashenka meant when he said, "we did 100% of everything that Russia asked us to do."

  • Putin will not ask, he will give orders.

  • The meeting took place on the eve of Putin's address to the Federal Assembly and an extraordinary meeting of the Federation Council.

    Therefore, the options can be very different.

  • Piaskov responded to Lukashenko's invitation to Biden to Minsk and put the vassal in his place.

  • With the phrase "how could I not agree to come", Lukashenko revealed his political and psychological dependence on Putin.

  • Yuri Drakakhrust

    Radio Svaboda journalist


    drakakhrusty@rferl.org

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