“Name change” of Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland explained in Minsk

The signing of the three countries with the names they had during the USSR, with the prefix “ex”, was a response to Lukashenko’s non-recognition of the President of Belarus.

The head of the state Belarusian Journalists Union, Andrei Krivosheyev, explained that Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania were “renamed” on the state television channel STV in response to Alexander Lukashenko’s non-recognition of the Belarusian president. On Wednesday, October 7, TUT.by reports.

He also said about the desire in this way “to emphasize our common and glorious past.”

According to Krivosheev, the signing of Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania with the names they had during the USSR, with the prefix “ex”, emphasized the common heritage, the time when key industrial facilities, port infrastructure, roads, residential areas were created in this countries. The time when we had a common social and cultural space “.

At the same time, he does not hide the fact that these subtitles were a response to the statements of the neighboring countries of Belarus: “It is strange for Belarusians lately to hear extremely hostile rhetoric from the republics close to us. For example, statements of recognition or non-recognition, especially in those matters that do not concern, or should not concern our partners. I think with such nostalgic subtitles the main Belarusian television channels decided to reach out to our colleagues from the west and south. “

He also noted that judging by the strong reaction in the aforementioned countries, the initiators of the name change were “really listened to.”

Let us remind you that a few days ago the names of neighboring countries were changed on the Belarusian state television channels. Thus, the press releases with videos from Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine were accompanied by captions calling these countries “the former Lithuanian Soviet Republic” or “the former Lithuanian Soviet Republic”, “the former Polish People’s Republic” and “the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic “.

As you know, Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland did not recognize the results of the presidential elections in Belarus and the legitimacy of Alexander Lukashenko.

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