In unserem Interview mit Die belarussische Oppositionsführerin Swetlana TichanowskajaSie argumentiert, dass die Weißrussen nicht als verlängerter Arm Russlands betrachtet werden sollten und die imperialen Ambitionen des Kremls nicht teilen.
Gleichzeitig bleibt Weißrussland eng an Moskau gebunden und gerät seit 2020 zunehmend in die Abhängigkeit von Russland.
👉 Glauben Sie, dass die Außenwelt den Unterschied zwischen Lukaschenkos Regime und der belarussischen Gesellschaft versteht? Was könnte uns fehlen? Teilen Sie uns Ihre Gedanken mit.
https://euobserver.com/222241/interview-belarusians-do-not-have-russias-imperialist-ambitions-says-opposition-leader/
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The outside world does not understand the difference. There are few exceptions: probably most people in Poland, quite a few in Lithuania and Ukraine. Quite a few in Russia as well but most of them are on Lukashenko’s side. I think the rest of the world fails to see the difference (the irreconciable confict in fact) at all. Or the difference between us and Russians, for that matter. And the blame is entirely on a substantial minority of our own compatriots.
Have you seen the war in Iran? 40 thousands of people were executed and everyone was complaining about Israel adn USA bombing Iran.
As a Lithuanian I can tell you that outside world barely understands that Baltic countries are not an extension of Russia, so they really *really* struggle when the topic comes up and I tell them that Belarus has its own culture, language and people have their own separate identity. Lithuanians and Polish understand pretty well what Belarus and its people are going through, because we share similar history, we shared the same country for centuries too. And it is rather heartbreaking to see that 1/2 of long gone Commonwealth “stayed” behind the new iron curtain, *what feels like to m*e, against the will of the people (I am biased since I had a bunch of colleagues who ran away from Belarus after 2020, all young people and all were strongly against Lukashenko). Ukraine is fighting back, but at this point it also makes me afraid that Belarus may be Putins “consolation” prize since he can’t end up empty handed in front of Russian people. And I am really afraid that no western country, except for the immediate neighbours, may even protest that… they will frame it as “all in the name of peace” like it happened with Baltic region after WW2. So I don’t know, not much to say, just stay strong and I hope I am severely wrong and once the mustachio is gone you can revert political course without any bloodshed.