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The fact that Lukashenko regularly criticizes Kiev in his statements and speeches may be one of the main reasons why Ukrainian officials made such a decision, writes avia.pro.
Lukashenko flew to Russia on February 19. He was staying at the Krasnaya Poniana ski resort, near Sochi, where he also met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Lukashenka’s plane bound for Sochi reportedly changed course due to Ukraine’s refusal to let Lukashenka into its airspace. In Sochi, Lukashenka met with Putin. Details of the meeting have not been made public. pic.twitter.com/no2wSXETqh
– Franco Viačorka (@franakviacorka) February 23, 2021
On February 11, the Russian daily Kommersant announced that Belarus would like to receive the remaining funds that Moscow had earmarked for the Belarusian Astrava nuclear power plant. It is estimated that the amount could reach 3 to 3.5 billion. dollars Lukashenko himself promised not to ask for anything during the meeting with the Russian president.
He spoke of “your vaccine”
According to tut.by, at the beginning of the meeting, Lukashenko made a strange statement: Belarus will have its own COVID-19 vaccine by fall.
“You already have three registered vaccines and are still in development … We are also on that path. We will receive our vaccine in the fall. We have specialists, but at the moment we are actively buying vaccine doses from them,” Lukashenko said.
His words were quoted by BelTA. For his part, Putin noted that Russia would deliver new batches of the vaccine to Belarus in February and March and had already transferred its production technology to Minsk.
According to A. Lukashenko, production is scheduled to start in March at a Belarusian company.
During a meeting with Putin, Lukashenko said that Russia’s coronavirus vaccine was the most effective in the world, “no matter what the trolls say.”
“The most effective vaccine is the Russian one. This has been recognized by everyone, no matter what the trolls say. It is the most effective vaccine,” he said.
Lukashenko thanked Putin for being the first to receive the Russian vaccine.
“It just came to our notice then. Thank you for that,” Lukashenko said. When Putin spoke, Lukashenko actively wrote something.
News that Belarus may develop and produce its own coronavirus vaccine, Lukashenko reported in mid-December.
“It would be nice to start production. And the main objective is not even sales, you need to create a vaccine for you and your people,” said a non-Western leader in Belarus.
In early February, the staff of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences began developing the vaccine.
Andrei Goncharov, director of the Institute for Biophysics and Cell Engineering at the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences, said it would take about a year and a half to develop a prototype of the vaccine.
Preclinical trials will last half a year, after which clinical trials will be required. Based on medical predictions, the vaccine could be ready for use in about three years.
Putin said that the instruments of interaction between Russia and Belarus are harmonized and working well.
“We do not have a day where our colleagues do not communicate with each other, do not resolve certain issues … But I am pleased to say that the level of interaction, strategic partnership, alliance is confirmed,” he said.
According to Putin, Russia is Belarus’ largest trade and economic partner, as well as the largest investor.
“We are implementing large projects in the energy sector, it is enough to remember only the Belarusian nuclear power plant, where work is going well,” said the Russian president.
At the time, Lukashenko said that Belarus should compensate for the decline in Russian gas consumption following the start-up of the nuclear power plant by developing the chemical industry.
Mr. Lukashenko also thanked Putin for his decision to open rail connections with Belarus.
“I think the time will come soon when we will also open car traffic. We have no problems. We are not closed,” he said.
After that, Putin and Lukashenko continued their communication in an informal setting – skiing.
The Kremlin report says Putin plans to discuss the integration of the two countries under the Union’s state program, as well as economic, trade and energy projects.
Minsk, for its part, announced that the leaders of the two countries will discuss in detail various issues of the development of bilateral relations, the joint response to emerging challenges, including in the field of security, as well as cooperation between integrated systems.
In addition, Lukashenko and Putin “will exchange views on foreign policy issues.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not rule out the possibility of discussing the prosecution of Viktor Babaryka, one of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition.
The trial of the actor, who was intended to run in the presidential elections last August, began last week, accusing Babaryk’s Belarusian State Security Committee (KGB) of accepting large-scale bribes and laundering the proceeds of crime while leading the energy Russian. Giant gazprom. for the bank’s branch in Belarus – Belgazprombank.
D. Peskov declared that Moscow would not interfere in the case of V. Babaryka.
He also assumed that Lukashenko would inform Putin of the results of a recent People’s Congress in Belarus, which the opposition called a sham.
Mass protests have been going on in Belarus for more than half a year against the results of the presidential elections on August 9, which were won by authoritarian President Lukashenko, who has led the country since 1994. The opposition and Western democracies see the elections as rigged, and the European Union has imposed sanctions on Lukashenko and members of his regime.
A Kremlin spokesman predicted that the leaders’ talks would take a long time. Peskov added that a press conference was not planned after the meeting, but that a joint statement could be issued.
In the run-up to the meeting, the media reported that Lukashenko and Putin could negotiate a new deal with Russia for $ 3 billion. Loans of USD (2.48 billion) to Minsk. Mr. Lukashenko himself denied the information.
The Belarusian leader also announced during a visit to Russia that he plans to meet with the deputy prime minister of the country’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev.
Lukashenko arrived in Russia on Friday.
At the time, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Belarusian Prime Minister Raman Haluchenko discussed on Saturday the implementation of a bilateral agreement signed today on the transport and transshipment of Belarusian oil products through Russian seaports.
Last fall, Lukashenko threatened that his country would refuse to use the port of Klaipeda for exports, through which mainly potash fertilizers and petroleum products are exported, due to Lithuania’s active support of the Belarusian opposition.
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