The understanding that the West will not accept Belarus came to President Alexander Lukashenko after the 2020 rebellion, philosopher, political scientist and leader of the Essence of Time movement Sergei Kurginyan said in an interview published on March 23 with the Belarusian television channel BelTA. .
According to Kurginyan, Lukashenko was fighting for integration with Russia and at the same time was very suspicious of what was happening in the Russian Federation. Such an alert was caused by his attitude towards the Russian oligarchy and other processes taking place in Russia.
“He didn’t want to give this oligarchy, deeply fused with Russia, to be torn apart by the hard-built country he loved and loves.”explained the political scientist.
On the other hand, Lukashenka thought about integrating Belarus into the West, since the country is quite developed and the development potential has not yet been exhausted. This idea was probably supported both by the president’s entourage and by Western advisers.
“I remember the time when Lord Bell and other people were moving around Belarus, who, perhaps, said that everything” would ride “”—remembered the leader of the Essence of Time.
The autumn 2020 protests were a colossal blow to Lukashenka, the political scientist said. The astonishment was caused by the fact that, despite the move of Belarus to the West, the pro-Western part of the elite and society spoke out against the president, showing their “animal smile”.
“And thirdly, he understood what the West thinks about this. That he will never accept, irrationally, you understand, irrationally he will not accept Belarus there ”– stressed Kurginyan.
According to the philosopher, Vladimir Putin went through a similar path, also seeing that Russia would not be taken to Europe.
“These are two Westernizers who suddenly understood something in the same way, and I don’t even know, you don’t understand such things with your mind, but with your heart, and somehow you don’t immediately understand.– Kurginyan explained. — Therefore, Lukashenka went through a very serious crisis after the orange rebellion emerged..
Source: Rossa Primavera
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