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The head of the Ukrainian delegation to the trilateral contact group to resolve the situation in Donbass, Leonid Kravchuk, believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to become a burden to him.
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want to take on such a heavy burden as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Ukraine’s first president, head of the Ukrainian delegation in the trilateral contact group to resolve the situation in Donbass, said in the program “Freedom of expression from Savik Shuster “on the Ukrainian TV channel. Kravchuk.
“I think that if you take Putin and Lukashenko, with all the independence and, as it were, determination, heroism, Putin does not want to take on such a heavy burden as Lukashenko. Because the dictatorship that exists in Belarus has already overcome all real and unreal opportunities. Therefore, of course, he would not want, I think so, and I agree with everyone in this case … he would not want Lukashenko to burden him, or rather, to be a burden. Another burden for Putin, ”Kravchuk said.
In his opinion, a great drama is taking place in Belarus, in which the Belarusian people participate.
Mass protests have occurred in Belarus since August 9. The protesters believe that the results of the presidential elections were falsified. According to official data, Lukashenka won with 80.1% of the voters. Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya came in second with 10.1% of the vote. At the same time, alternative exit polls showed the opposite picture: Tikhanovskaya’s confident victory.
The Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the demonstrations, in particular with the use of stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons. During the protests, about 10,000 protesters were detained and hundreds were injured and wounded. According to official figures, four protesters died.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, on behalf of the European Union, stated on August 11 that the elections in Belarus “were neither free nor fair” and that the authorities used “violence disproportionate and unacceptable “against the protesters. On August 28, the foreign ministers of the European Union countries agreed to impose sanctions on top Belarusian officials due to electoral fraud and violence against protesters.
On August 31, it became known that the European Union intends to impose economic sanctions in September against 31 high-ranking Belarusian officials responsible for elections, violence and repression. At the same time, Lukashenka’s name was not on it. Germany explained this wanting more time for dialogue, leaving “open the possibility of adding it to the list at a later stage.”
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on the same day were the first in the world to impose personal sanctions against the Belarusian authorities after the elections and the crackdown on peaceful protests in the country. The Baltic states declared 30 Belarusian officials, including Lukashenka, persona non grata.
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry announced that it would respond to personal sanctions against Belarusian officials imposed by the Baltic countries.
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