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Lukashenka spoke to Russian journalists
Alexander Lukashenko gave Russian journalists a lengthy interview about the protests and their violent dispersal.
For the first time since the beginning of the protests in Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko spoke to the press in detail. But this opportunity was not for Belarusian journalists, but for Ukrainians. Representatives from RussiaToday, Channel One, Russia 1 and Radio Moscow Says have arrived at the Independence Palace, Lukashenko’s official residence.
In an interview, Lukashenka, who has ruled the country for only 26 years, agreed that “he may have stayed a bit” in his place. But this does not mean that you are ready to leave your post.
Correspondent.net collected the main theses of the interview with Lukashenka.
I will not leave
“Yes, maybe I sat down for a bit. Maybe, they show me not just from the TV, but from an iron and a kettle. But only now can I protect Belarus. I just won’t go. I’ve been equipping Belarus for a quarter century “. Also, if I leave, my followers will be cut off! “
Lukashenko did not specify from whom exactly Belarus should protect itself.
American people
Lukashenka continues to blame the West and the United States for the protests.
“All this is globalized and internationalized. If you think that rich Russia will manage, you are wrong. I spoke with many presidents, with my older friend (I call him older brother) Putin, I warned him: this cannot be resisted.”
In his opinion, it is necessary to resist the telegram channels and the Internet, which “the Americans invented.”
“You can see what’s going on there. And Telegram channels play a leading role there. But they started this story, they started it and, moreover, a long time ago. Remove the Internet and so on … Even if the Internet is removed today These Polish Telegram channels will work. So, don’t relax. You too will have certain political events soon, and maybe even out of nowhere, “he addressed the Russian journalists.” Do you know where we got together with Russian establishment and leadership? Today Belarus will collapse, Russia will be next. “
Opposition
Lukashenka said he will not speak to the Coordination Council, created by the opposition, “because he does not know who these people are.”
But at least some members of the Lukashenka council presidium know for sure. For example, Svetlana Aleksievich, whom he congratulated for having been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2015. And also Pavel Latushko, the country’s former Minister of Culture.
