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Why the “elite media paratrooper” landed in Minsk under the leadership of M. Simonian, says Tikhon Dziadko, editor-in-chief of “Dozd”.
During the interview, Lukashenko spoke about the “western footprint in the protests” and the “attempt to seize power” and his “success” in the presidential elections. The discussion on current affairs and the discussion of key issues in Belarus failed. Why?
After hearing Lukashenko’s opinion in a full two-hour interview with Russian propagandists, Dziadko said:
Lukashenko’s interviews with employees of Russian state channels are a special and never-before-seen genre, both in form and content. This could not be called an interview, but a meeting of like-minded people: no sharp and topical questions, no doubts about what the interlocutor is saying, although, to put it mildly, there is definitely something to be said.
“Thank you for being honest with us,” Simonian told President Lukashenko.
Or, “I’m shaking hands with you to keep the operators angry.” In these five, everyone is happy with each other, no one is angry at anyone, an atmosphere of absolute mutual understanding. What to expect from those on the side.
Imagine the situation. You are the president. There have been elections in your country, the results of which are believed to have been falsified by a large number of people. And this is a month of serious political crisis and resistance in your country.
What do you do to express your opinions to those who disagree with you and answer their questions? The smartest solution would be to meet with journalists from independent Belarusian publications. It is good that there are. What a good public relations move that would be: to show that you are not afraid of serious problems, you are the president of all – both those who are for you and those who are against.
If this is too much for you, you can meet with journalists from an independent channel that everyone in Belarus watches. For example, the television channel Dožd.
There is a worse option: meet the hosts of your Belarusian TV channels. They are propagandists, the conversation with them will not be very convincing, but at least they are yours. And who is here? Meeting with representatives of up to four Russian channels, channels from the neighboring country.
Why is this happening? And because this interview is not for the Belarusian audience. And not even for the Russian viewer. More precisely, Russian, but only for one and very specific. Lukashenko mentions his special relationship with Vladimir Putin more than once in an interview.
On site and off site. Just not to forget. This interview contains all the important messages that must be conveyed to the “big brother”, as Lukashenko calls him.
First of all, everything that is happening is the work of the West. It seems that in this case the interviewers should find out where that information comes from. Not all the tens and hundreds of thousands of people who took to the streets were driven out by forces beyond the ocean, established in Poland.
However, like-minded people don’t specify, like-minded people agree.
All protests are organized by the Americans and the election of Lukashenko was a success. Even better than the previous ones. Ask a question about infractions? Question the election results? Talk about unregistered candidates? Lukashenko’s four Moscow interlocutors had no such plans.
Lukashenko’s interlocutors must help him convey the correct thoughts to Putin ahead of Monday’s conversation with his “older brother.” It is said to be legitimate, against the Americans and against their opponents, Russia.
Moscow was not mentioned in the events in Belarus until Lukashenko mentioned it in various ways before and after the elections, and the “resuscitation reform package for Belarus” that Lukashenko apparently relies on has nothing to do with it. Coordination Council or with Sviatlana Cichanouskaya.
It would probably be nice if journalists taking interviews ask you about it. Well, of course, in that case, if it was an interview and the people conducting it were journalists, not like-minded people.
If in 1968 it was necessary to send an army to Prague because it was necessary to reassure the people who had taken to the streets for their freedom, then in 2020 things will become more intelligent and banal.
First, a team of technicians is dispatched to fill vacancies on Belarusian state television after the layoffs. Later, an elite landing of journalists arrives that ensures the preparation for the most important event: a meeting with the “older brother” in Moscow.
A special operation that has nothing to do with interviews, journalism or search for answers to questions.
Help the vassal before he meets the suitor. All of this really reeks of a certain medieval audacity in the feudal system created by Lukashenko for a quarter of a century.
And there are, unfortunately, many people who want to participate on the other side of the border. But the question has an obvious answer: people on the street don’t really believe that.
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