Opposition expresses opinion about “milk war”
The liberalization used as a mask is dangerous. Andrei Sannikau claimed it during a press conference of opposition leaders on June 16.
According to him, the Belarusian TV is trying to display the current conflict between Belarus and Russia as Lukashenka’s turn to the West. And the West sympathises with Belarus.
Sannikau: We see that comments coming from the West prove that the friendship and dialogue with Lukashenka have brought results.
However, Mr. Sannikau notes that the Belarusian authorities use the liberalization as a mask. He reminded about arrested Mikalai Autuhovich who had been starving for 62 days and about the scandalous interview given by an American citizen Vladlena Furs who had served a sentence in Belarus. In the politician’s opinion, it is too early to speak about real indulgence.
Sannikau: It will be possible to discuss the liberalization in Belarus when we really feel that political repressions in Belarus may disappear.
The leader of the BNF Party Lyavon Barshcheuski commented on the recent events and claimed that BNF was against the CSTO and would like to see a normal border with Russia “that would be able to limit crimes and would be convenient for the economy”. In his opinion, the Belarusian authorities’ actions can only be explained by the trade with Russia.
According to him, the Belarusian TV is trying to display the current conflict between Belarus and Russia as Lukashenka’s turn to the West. And the West sympathises with Belarus.
Sannikau: We see that comments coming from the West prove that the friendship and dialogue with Lukashenka have brought results.
However, Mr. Sannikau notes that the Belarusian authorities use the liberalization as a mask. He reminded about arrested Mikalai Autuhovich who had been starving for 62 days and about the scandalous interview given by an American citizen Vladlena Furs who had served a sentence in Belarus. In the politician’s opinion, it is too early to speak about real indulgence.
Sannikau: It will be possible to discuss the liberalization in Belarus when we really feel that political repressions in Belarus may disappear.
The leader of the BNF Party Lyavon Barshcheuski commented on the recent events and claimed that BNF was against the CSTO and would like to see a normal border with Russia “that would be able to limit crimes and would be convenient for the economy”. In his opinion, the Belarusian authorities’ actions can only be explained by the trade with Russia.
