We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of "fair use" in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, economic and social issues. How he will do so remains to be seen. Stewart Parker sites a number of poignant examples in his book which reveal the extent to which reveal systematic anti-democratic interference in Belarusian affairs by the United States and their vassal-states in Europe. It was a message to Russia.”, Viktoriya Zakrevskaya, “Belarus presidential vote: Democratic breakthrough?”, Atlantic Council, June 15, 2020, available at, Andrew Roth, “Belarus leader claims to have quashed foreign-backed revolt,” The Guardian, June 19, 2020, available at, Mary Ilyushina, “Belarus says it’s arrested Russian mercenaries, as rift grows between strongmen Putin and Lukashenko,” CNN, July 30, 2020, available at, Andrew Osborn and Andrei Makhovsky, “Russia turns on Belarus over ‘odious’ detention of alleged mercenaries,” Reuters, July 30, 2020, available at, Isabelle Khurshudyan, “As protesters in Belarus call for his ouster, Lukashenko turns to Putin for help,”, RFE/RL, “Putin Tells Lukashenka Russia Ready ‘To Provide Help’ Militarily If Needed.”, Khurshudyan, “As protesters in Belarus call for his ouster, Lukashenko turns to Putin for help.”, Council on Foreign Relations, “Ukraine’s Post-Independence Struggles,” available at, Steve Holland and Daphne Psaledakis, “U.S. After being heckled during his speech at a state-run tractor factory, Lukashenko suggested that he may be open to new elections following constitutional reform.23 Although it appeared that his grip on power was starting to slip, Lukashenko has since hardened his stance.
Nevertheless, the EU and NATO should not trumpet potential membership or seek to make Belarus’ fight for democracy about geopolitics.
There are signs that the regime is starting to crack. policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Now the U.S. is getting between them.”. Needless to say, the attitude of the EU and the United States nomenclatura, that is to say, the self-proclaimed ‘international community’ is that Belarus is not a ‘democracy’. Although this wasn’t directly attributed to COVID-19, the fact that he had contracted the disease had become public just days prior. Lukashenko has been accused of anti-Semitism, in spite of the fact that the thriving Jewish community in the country seem to be unaware of this fact. The authority of president Alexander Lukashenko is draining away. This was confirmed by the interviewer himself who subsequently said “”a tape of the interview had been quoted out of context and with the sequence of comments altered” The BBC continues to propagate this lie about Lukashenko which only serves to prove the desperation of the corporate media in the face of popular leaders whose policies threaten their empire of lies.
This was certainly not the case in Soviet Republic of Belarus. With Belarus at a democratic crossroads, the United States and Europe must stand in support of the democratic aspirations of the Belarusian people. While it was clear these were Russian military forces that simply removed their Russian insignia, the State Department’s response was to call for calm and restraint, which in effect urged Ukraine to stand down, resulting in a bloodless Russian takeover and possibly emboldening the Kremlin to attempt the same in eastern Ukraine.54 If the United States has evidence that Russia is moving into Belarus either covertly or overtly, the United States should call it out. Lukashenko, who came to power in 1994, relied on Moscow’s economic support to placate disgruntled citizens. Economic growth in Socialist Belarus has been so impressive.
Needless to say, the attitude of the EU and the United States nomenclatura, that is to say, the self-proclaimed ‘international community’ is that Belarus is not a ‘democracy’. If a union between Russia and Belarus was ever formalized—and Putin has been pressing Lukashenko to agree to such a union—NATO planners fear that Russia would be able to build up its military presence in Belarus, which would pose a direct threat to Poland and give Russia the capability to potentially cut off the Baltics by land from the rest of Europe.36 The tensions between Putin and Lukashenko, heightened in the past year over Russia’s energy subsidies and Lukashenko’s growing nationalistic rhetoric, have nonetheless been a concern for Russia and their expensive foothold in Europe.37 And the Kremlin, obsessed with geopolitics, would likely interpret a Belarus that seeks to align more closely with NATO and the EU, as Ukraine did, as a direct threat to Russian security.