Russian-Belarusian border reflections

While Russia is introducing retaliatory measures on the border with Belarus, while people in green caps are rushing around Moscow and the border areas, and in Minsk are expressing their next discontent with Moscow’s actions, we have decided to arrange Russian-Belarusian get-togethers in neutral information space. And, in fact, it’s good to think so much about who will be good from all this and who is bad.

You must agree, dear readers, according to the practice of both our countries, it does not happen that the bill or decision is banged and everything is good from it. Well, historically, it develops.

So they decided two Belarusians and one Russian to think, and what bad does it all promise us. Especially since everything starts on February 9. Tomorrow.

We started by introducing me to the official list of countries with which Belarus seems to have opened a hospitable visa-free door. But before that it is worth explaining for visas.

Until recently, a visa to Belarus was expensive. Short, one-time - 60 euro, repeated use - 180. As if a lot, but the point here is, of course, not in some super-attractiveness of Belarus for European and other tourists, but “just need money”.

Now, for one category of citizens of foreign countries, there is a profit in the form of economy. But for one, and not the very poor.

In general, when I heard that Lukashenka somewhere refuses money, that is, visa fees, I confess, I did not believe it. Well, not in the tradition of the Old Man is. And he was right.

If you read the first paragraph of the decree thoughtfully, this is what it says:

“To establish a visa-free procedure for entry into the Republic of Belarus, departure from the Republic of Belarus at the checkpoint at the State Border of the Republic of Belarus Minsk National Airport and temporary stay in the Republic of Belarus for a period of not more than five days from the date of entry for those who have valid documents to travel abroad for citizens of states according to the application. "

That is, all these exemptions and cancellations apply only to those who arrive in Belarus through the Minsk airport and for a period of not more than 5 days. Having, of course, in the hands of a return ticket. All other categories both paid and will pay.

But - we think. 60 euro - is it a big amount for a businessman who arrives, say, on a Berlin-Minsk flight (240 US dollars one way, Belavia) for negotiations? Quite another question, are there many such clients arriving on the 3-4 of the day ...

So we conclude that this is nothing more than a fiction. What then in Russia so excited?

But from what. And go to the list of countries (and not) for which all this is organized.

The list we took here:
Official publication.

1. Australia.
2. Republic of Austria.
3. Republic of Albania.
4. Principality of Andorra.
5. Antigua and Barbuda.
6. Argentine Republic.
7. Barbados.
8. Kingdom of Bahrain.
9. Kingdom of Belgium.
10. Republic of Bulgaria.
11. Bosnia and Herzegovina.
12. Federative Republic of Brazil.
13. Republic of Vanuatu.
14. Vatican City State.
15. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
16. Hungary.
17. Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
18. Republic of Haiti.
19. Islamic Republic of the Gambia.
20. Federal Republic of Germany.
21. Republic of Honduras.
22. Hong Kong (Hong Kong) - Special Administrative Region of the Chinese People
Republic.
23. Greek Republic.
24. Kingdom of Denmark.
25. Commonwealth of Dominica.
26. Republic of India.
27. Republic of Indonesia.
28. Ireland.
29. Republic of Iceland.
30. The Kingdom of Spain.
31. Italian Republic.
32. Canada.
33. Republic of Cyprus.
34. People's Republic of China.
35. The Republic of Korea.
36. State of Kuwait.
37. Latvian republic.
38. Lebanese Republic.
39. Republic of Lithuania.
40. Principality of Liechtenstein.
41. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
42. Macau (Macau) - Special Administrative Region of the Chinese People
Republic.
43. Republic of Macedonia.
44. Malaysia.
45. Republic of Malta.
46. Order of Malta.
47. Mexican United States.
48. Federated States of Micronesia.
49. Principality of Monaco.
50. Republic of Namibia.
51. Kingdom of the Netherlands.
52. Republic of Nicaragua.
53. New Zealand.
54. Kingdom of Norway.
55. Sultanate of Oman.
56. Republic of Panama.
57. Republic of Peru.
58. Republic of Poland.
59. Portuguese Republic.
60. Romania.
61. Independent State of Samoa.
62. Republic of San Marino.
63. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
64. Republic of Seychelles.
65. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
66. Republic of Singapore.
67. The Slovak Republic.
68. Republic of Slovenia.
69. USA.
70. Eastern Republic of Uruguay.
71. Republic of Finland.
72. French Republic.
73. Republic of Croatia.
74. Czech Republic.
75. Republic of Chile.
76. Swiss Confederation.
77. Kingdom of Sweden.
78. Republic of El Salvador.
79. Republic of Estonia.
80. Japan.

I’m not sure that the people of Antigua and Barbuda, Vanuatu, Barbados and Samoa know where Belarus is. About the knights of the Order of Malta, we generally amused ourselves, deciding that the members of Greenpeace and the Jesuit society are no less worthy of a discount.

However, there are a number of countries on the list that are clearly puzzled.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait - these are far from those countries, from where the shaft brings good to us. But the "carriers of the Koran" the representatives of these countries prefer other methods of penetration into Russia. And so far they have been successfully caught in the Crimea and in the southern regions of our country.

But Europe, which has recently become (how could I put it more simply) the hub of “refugees” from the Middle East region, is not the most pleasant neighborhood. We think that everyone understands that this is not about the German burghers Hans and Paula, who will come to Belarus to test local moonshine. Just Hans and Paul will come just for the schnapps.

But for what purpose can Asadulla and Mohammed, the citizens of Germany or France, come to the question ...

Belarus is a small country. I drove all of her from east to west, without straining, in 8 hours. Good road allow.

Absolutely the same way, “European citizens” who arrived without a visa can end up in Russia through 12 hours. What for? Good question.

Versions can be many. And beautiful, and not very. One is enough for me. The organization of something in Russia and the establishment of relations that will not benefit Russia. Today in Europe is full of those who do not like what we are doing in Syria. And those who do not care at all what is happening, because it is necessary to expand the business of selling drugs, for example.
Smart people will say that for this visa-free is not needed. Drug traffickers and terrorists are not poor people from the word “absolutely”, and 60 euros can afford it.

I subscribe to every word.

The more we have the prerequisites in order to carefully watch and record all those traveling through Belarus to Russia from Europe. For nothing good from some categories of people should not wait.

The fact that Belarus is unlikely to become a kind of Europe-Russia transit center for criminals and terrorism, we are all confident. In a country where residents of 1 000 have from 67 to 71 (according to various sources) security officers, it is difficult to hide from the slumbering eye. And nevertheless, vigilance against the "new Europeans" is necessary.

Moreover, our Belarusians on the border do not concern the Belarusians. It was not immediately understood in Belarus that we are not setting up cordons from them. Apparently, everybody has reflexively strained, because lately, only a melancholy and sadness has come out of everything invented by the power of the simple Belarusian.

Interlocutors introduced me to another interesting document.

REFERENCE ON THE MIGRATION SITUATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS FOR 2016 YEAR

From this certificate, prepared on the basis of information from the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus, it is clear that in 2016, foreign citizens and stateless persons (hereinafter referred to as foreigners) entered the Republic of Belarus more than 4,18 million times (for the same period last year (further - APPG) - over 4,38 million times), traveled 4,46 million times (APPG - 4,52 million times).

The largest number of times the State border of the Republic of Belarus was crossed for the purpose of entry into Belarus by citizens of Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Moldova and Latvia, citizens of these same countries crossed the State border of Belarus the largest number of times and for the purpose of departure.

The main objectives of the stay of foreigners in Belarus are private and official business, tourism, as well as transit through the territory of the Republic of Belarus.

According to the territorial internal affairs agencies, (hereinafter - the Department of Internal Affairs) more than 832 thousand foreigners (APPG - more than 657 thousand) visited the republic for private and business affairs, of which they lived in hotels, sanatorium and health resort organizations, as well as subjects of agro-ecotourism more than 706 thousand people (APPG - 504 thousand). More than 154 thousand foreigners are registered in the Department of Internal Affairs (APPG - more than 184 thousand).

The figures clearly show that 800 thousands of 4 millions of Belarus were interested in Belarus as an object of tourism. This is 20%. The remaining 80% were just passing through. By their own business. These data do not affect migrant workers, asylum seekers, students and other categories that are related to obtaining a residence permit.

It turns out that Belarus is a real crossroads of this kind from west to east and back, where four out of five people going to the sights and ecotourism are in general ... In the Baltics, there is ecotourism, but in Moldova and Ukraine it’s not up to it. And then there are open doors to Europe ...

And we really need it?

Control over the crossing of our border is needed. And in relation to the citizens of Ukraine, and in relation to the Moldovans. Not to be confused with the citizens of Transnistria, and everything is in order. And three times it is necessary to carefully watch the representatives of this very “Europe”, from Tribaltik to France. Nothing good comes from these transistors. An honest person does not need to go to Russia through the visa-free corridor of Belarus.

And, actually, who will touch the Belarusians? As before, welcome, Belarusians to Russia, welcome Russians to Belarus. What problems besides queues may arise? Yes, no. Although Belarus is not the Crimea. I didn’t watch the crowd in June last year at the border. But what can happen through a visa-free hole in Minsk is an open question, as they say.

It turned out that we didn’t get anything that could somehow worsen the relations between Russia and Belarus. Even considering that the representative of Russia, the initiator of all cross-border innovations, was in the minority. And that means that one should not pay attention to the cries from Minsk that Russia wants to worsen relations. We do not want to worsen them.

We want to live in peace.

We have, by the way, this right.

And if someone wants to fill the empty treasury at the expense of tourists from the Seychelles, for example, or Saudi Arabia ... The question then is simple: what about Russia?

Comments

[Finches]

Nehru indulge anyone - including the "fraternal" peoples! In addition to a knife in the back, nothing good will come of them! Gathered to be an independent state - forward and with a song - relations in accordance with international law, on the basis of mutually beneficial relations! And if not - "Goodbye America, where I have never been ...!"

[Matak]

And I'm proud of myself. I saw the headline, I think: only Skomorokhov could name the article. I open it the way it is. It’s impossible to confuse a novel with anyone.

[inkass_98]

Quote: Matak

And I'm proud of myself.

[Ingvar 72]

Quote: Matak

And I'm proud of myself.

[Uncle Murzik]

Russia, too, would not hurt to close the borders with Central Asia!

[210ox]

We have one border with Kazakhstan in half the country ... You can’t quickly close it ... although it should be ..

Quote: Uncle Murzik

Russia, too, would not hurt to close the borders with Central Asia!

[staviator]

I fully support it. It was under Hitler and Lenin the Petlyuro-Makhnovsky bandits and the same crap in Belarus. None of the existing "fraternal" powers recognized Crimea, is this not an indicator of lice? The USA has no friends and donates money to anyone, only business partners and vassals, and nothing lives and rules the world. The benefits of dad are like a goat of milk, it's time to tell him your place, how much can you endure his antics

[populist]

Lukashenko now only would have been a reason to yell (gallop). Just like ka ql became. And who is he?

[Evdokim]

One gets the impression that the President of the Republic of Belarus has forgotten how to read, or an oddly mischievous person, or again wants to extort something from the Russian Federation. Go figure out what's on his mind.

[aszzz888]

But father earned, it’s time to retire ... Let the young people work.

[210ox]

Are you talking about Nikolai?

Quote: aszzz888

But father earned, it’s time to retire ... Let the young people work.

[vasek5533]

Everything is well written here, but the Old Man shouted that the border order was signed in the Russian Federation before the new year, and Belarus canceled the visa after NG ... not some kind of docking.

[avt]

Quote: vasek5533

Everything is well written here, but the Old Man shouted that the border order was signed in the Russian Federation before the new year, and Belarus canceled the visa after NG ... not some kind of docking.

Dock from the moment of signing by the EAEU countries, excluding Belarus, the Customs Code. Today, almost the border of the market of goods and services is drawn up in the west precisely on the Belarusian-Russian border with passport control. Actually, we returned to what happened in the CIS, when the very future great ukry wandered about - we will sign it, but this is not what we signed - we will not ratify and we will not execute it. In fact, Butska poked himself in his pocket, dodging himself, shouting about, a single economic space "Well, really not only

Quote: Gormengast

The union state did not take place - this is understandable to the fool, looking at the inverted dad.

Young and the EAEU are drowning in contraceptive efforts, which draws up the current flow by some binding rules of the game in this clearing.

[vasek5533]

And it’s not too lazy to write so much and everything is off topic, or the work is ...

[avt]

Quote: vasek5533

And it’s not too lazy to write so much and everything is off topic, or the work is ...

Well, yes, especially when you teach fools to just spoil, then really well, do not read.

[Dr. Sorge]

Yes, especially when someone considers himself smart :) You are not our pest.

[Dr. Sorge]

You are right, you will not teach yourself.

[Vlad.by]

Well, yes, and closing all the trails with passport control, is that 5 minutes? The Russians just look at a step - two in advance. Moreover, the bulk of plans for visa-free travel were announced in advance.

[Gormenghast]

In my opinion, everything is simpler. The union state did not take place - this is understandable to the fool, looking at the inverted dad. Accordingly, like any sovereign state, Russia should have a well-equipped state border with friends of Ukrainian Bandera and European Sodomites. Is Belarus independent? Old Man said yes. There must be a border. Dot.

[KP8789]

Why so self-critical, call yourself a fool. Bandera and European sodomites also have Russian banks in their friends who successfully finance the ruin. You can still write a lot and give facts, only now you won’t understand. You’re just a scum on the crest of an information war.

[sa-ag]

All sorts of evil barmaleas will come through Belarus, yeah, why should they shine there when you can quietly penetrate the flow of Tajik migrants, or through Turkey and further Dagestan, and indeed the local population is recruited for all such cases

[Vlad.by]

The border with Tajikistan and Kazakhstan is not so transparent.

[mitrich]

They did it right. Only late. It has long been necessary. And not only for people. If these measures do not concern the contrabass of the sanctioned goods on which the collective farmer profits, such control is worthless.
This is no less important. I don’t want to see Pshek apples and all kinds of jamon here. Hai eat themselves.

[Lex.]

Trap for independence

The fact that politics is a dirty business and all means are good to achieve its goals is no secret to anyone. On the evening of February 7, the Russian-Ukrainian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin, detained in Minsk on the night of December 15, 2016 at the request of Azerbaijan, was extradited by special flight from Minsk to Baku. On January 17, Deputy Prosecutor General of Belarus Alexei Stuk decided to extradite the blogger to Azerbaijan. Moreover, on February 7, the criminal case board of the Supreme Court of Belarus closed-door examined Lapshin’s appeal against the decision of the Minsk City Court, which recognized the decision of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Belarus to extradite the blogger as lawful.

However, as soon as the Belarusian side fulfilled its international obligations, the information space broke out with another portion of accusations from Russia.

Did Minsk have another option? Sure no. Having become skilled for his centuries-old history in diplomatic games “big-time”, Russian diplomacy once again showed a “master class” to an ally.

So, on January 17, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow: “We are opposed to extraditing Russian citizens detained in a particular country to a third country. We will take all measures to resolve this situation with full respect for the rights of a citizen of the Russian Federation, who is also an Israeli citizen. ” It would seem that solving the problem is a matter of technology, invite Russia to Israel, Ukraine and Azerbaijan to the negotiating table.

And official Minsk was in favor of resolving the issue "amicably", as stated by Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting with the media on February 3. At the same time, he said that he instructed the Foreign Minister "to try to agree with the Foreign Ministers of Israel, Russia and Azerbaijan so that it can be beautifully dispersed, so that the fate of this person does not become, <...> so that he does not become some kind of hostage." “There are these solutions, the rules are rules, but if Israel, Azerbaijan and Russia agree, we will do as they agree. And nobody wanted to come to an agreement, ”the head of state said.

However, it was impossible to miss such an occasion to reproach Belarus for “not conforming to the spirit of allied relations” during the height of the next “oil and gas battles”, albeit at the cost of the freedom of its (and not only) citizen. Obviously, the Russian card would play in any way. Pass Belarus Lapshin to Russia, the scenario would work: “the last dictator” is ready to violate any international obligations for gas and oil of a neighbor ”.

There is no other joy than the misfortune of a comrade

The situation with Lapshin presented Armenia with an excellent opportunity not only to demonstrate fidelity to fraternal Russia, but also to once again angrily threaten Azerbaijan from behind. In addition, a very good opportunity presented itself to sit up with a partner in the CIS, the EAEU and the CSTO.

That is exactly what the Armenian parliamentarians did on Wednesday at the next meeting, not stinting on epithets in their attitude to Belarus. It should be noted that both the ruling party and the opposition were more unanimous in their desire to “withdraw the ambassador from Belarus, take the most stringent political and diplomatic measures against Minsk and exclude them from the CSTO”! Even dragged to this PACE, retraining a tourist blogger as a journalist. It is significant that such radical and ridiculous proposals come from a member of the CSTO at a time when, on the contrary, it is necessary to consolidate the organization.

In Eastern Europe, near the borders of Belarus and Russia, the NATO group is continuing to build up. One of the effective responses could be the strengthening of the CSTO CRRF group, including its Belarusian component. But Belarus alone in the current situation is difficult to do, we need the help of Russia and other colleagues in the Organization.

And tuk is just the right way to establish relations between Russia and Turkey, which allows Moscow to fully concentrate on the western direction. However, such a turn of events does not suit the Armenian side, since the likelihood of a decrease in military-technical assistance from the Kremlin is increasing against the background of Azerbaijan’s constantly strengthening its military potential. So it is necessary to prove their "usefulness."

Author: Valery Berezhnoy
Yes, with a friend like Russia, Belarus and the enemies do not need

[karakol]

The order of countries in the last sentence is mixed up. And hence the meaning of the phrase has changed. And doesn’t it really hurt Sidor the Fierce soul for every orphan?

[Dr. Sorge]

Author, you have an error in the title of the article. Belorussian is written through Oh, correct the typo. Moreover, in the text write through O.
Start small so to speak.
For comparison, give a list of countries that have visa-free travel with Russia. So, for comparison.

[Dr. Sorge]

In short, one thing is clear, the war began and shit poured.
But I think the censor does not surpass.

[Reklastik]

Belarus is a small country

Belarus is not a country ....