The West has moved closer to the "last dictator of Europe"

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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko before the new year did not achieve concessions on oil supplies from Moscow. Now in Minsk they are looking for other suppliers. It lists a group of different countries from where oil can come to Belarus. Logistics routes are determined.

Alexander Lukashenko seeks oil for Belarusian refineries





Initially, it was a matter of obtaining raw materials for Belarusian oil refineries from the ports of Poland through the Druzhba pipeline. But the Poles politely replied: this line is not intended for reverse pumping of the product.

Now the eyes of the Belarusian authorities fell on the ports of the Baltic states. I must say that this direction has already been mastered quite well, but only for export deliveries of petroleum products from Belarus. The reception of crude oil from the Baltic states to the Mozyr and Novopolotsk refineries has yet to be mastered.

About ten years ago, Belarus already had experience in delivering oil not from Russia - through the Odessa-Brody Ukrainian pipeline. The experience, however, is unsuccessful. Then, as we recall, a dispute arose between Moscow and Minsk over oil duties.

Until 2010, Belarus received oil from Russia duty free. She processed it at her plants, partially used it for her own needs, and sold the rest (most) - for export. Moscow then reasoned that Belarus, without justification, was earning superprofits because of cheap Russian raw materials, and suggested that exempted oil would go only to the republic’s domestic consumption. Oil for export shipments will have to pay a fee, as all Russian companies do.

Alexander Lukashenko was indignant and decided to take oil in Venezuela from Hugo Chavez. It was not difficult to conclude such a deal. After a while, six million tons of Venezuelan oil poured into Belarusian refineries, which, taking into account the delivery, cost Belarusians almost twice as much as Russian. The deal was closed.

The West has moved closer to the "last dictator of Europe"


A new tension in relations between Minsk and Moscow arose last year due to the introduction by the Russian government of the so-called budget rule. In accordance with it, the fiscal burden is redistributed from export duties on mineral extraction tax. The price of oil at the well rises, at the border it falls. All Russian companies are moving to the new rule. The Belarusians did not like this situation, and they protested.

You can understand them. The oil refining industry gives the country 12-15% of industrial production and 20% of export revenue. In Minsk, it was estimated that the republic’s loss in the next 5-6 years due to the abolition of the previous oil benefit would amount to about $ 10 billion (for 2020, the entire budget of Belarus is $ 12,5 billion).

But Russia has nowhere to retreat. If Minsk leaves the previous preferences, then they get a significant competitive advantage over Russian oil companies. Amicably, the parties failed to agree. So the president of Belarus decided to follow the old disastrous option - to import oil from foreign suppliers.

All flags to visit?


Last week, the Prime Minister of Latvia, Krishyanis Karins, visited Minsk. At a meeting with President Lukashenko, they discussed the possibility of oil supplies to Belarus through Latvian ports. For the Latvian economy, loading ports is a sore point.

With the development of the Russian Ust-Luga, where the export of our companies is moving, the turnover of Latvian ports has fallen sharply. Now the Balts are looking for their happiness in Belarus. So Karins came to Lukashenko, who until recently was called "the last dictator of Europe." Commenting on his visit, the Latvian Prime Minister said that there is great potential for improving relations between countries at both the economic and political levels.

This is against the background of the fact that the Belarusian leader is now being invited to visit other EU countries, for which Lukashenko has been de facto "shaking hands" for many years.

And not only Europeans reached Minsk. In early January, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was to come to meet with Lukashenko. A missile attack on an American military base in Iraq prevented this trip. Pompeo announced that he had rescheduled his visit at a later time.

Lukashenko quickly felt “multi-vector” in Washington, and now they are trying to build their game on the contradictions between Moscow and Minsk. American emissaries frequented the capital of Belarus. Their rank is growing.

First, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent visited Minsk, then Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell. After him, President of the United States National Security Advisor John Bolton met with President Lukashenko. Now Minsk is waiting for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

These meetings are covered rather sparingly, which gave room for commentators of various kinds to fantasies. We agreed to question the participation of Belarus in the Eurasian Economic Union (supposedly, Belarusians entered there solely because of favorable conditions for trade in petroleum products). Some went even further and did not rule out the strengthening of the partnership between Minsk and NATO.

So far these are idle inventions of a public far from power, but who knows how events in Belarus will develop further. After all, we already have a precedent when, in an interview with the Khabar news agency, Lukashenko called the Great Patriotic War “not our war”. It is difficult to explain these words of the leader of Belarus only with an insult to the oil, which is becoming more expensive for Belarusians. But for the West, such words of Alexander Lukashenko are a reason to come closer to realize their own goals and objectives.
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  1. +24
    19 January 2020 21: 23
    Yanukovych also planned to outwit everyone.
    1. +7
      19 January 2020 21: 54
      Quote: Lekz
      Yanukovych also planned to outwit everyone.

      And Saddam Hussein, too, and Gaddafi, and .... And look how patronizing Barack Obama patted Medvedev on the knee during their meeting in the United States.
      1. +2
        19 January 2020 23: 25
        And look how patronizing Barack Obama patted Medvedev on the knee during their meeting in the United States.

        If only on the knee ... only Obama ... and only Medvedev ...


      2. +1
        20 January 2020 03: 33
        Barack Obama patted Medvedev on the knee
        ... Fu Fu Fu
    2. +3
      19 January 2020 22: 00
      The West has moved closer to the "last dictator of Europe"

      So with the latter? And, well, yes, with the "penultimate" has already become close. "Freken Bock" flew in and "solved" everything.
      Yanukovych also planned to outwit everyone.

      And in Russia, alas, no matter what nonsense, everything is a "cunning plan".
    3. +4
      20 January 2020 05: 41
      Quote: Lekz
      Yanukovych also planned to outwit everyone.

      Exactly. He always considered Lukashenko the wiser of our modern politicians, but it is possible that he was mistaken. I think that he already bought a house in one of the regions of Russia bordering Belarus, at least for the youngest son with his mother
      1. +1
        20 January 2020 06: 51
        So he will not go to Rostov?
        1. 0
          20 January 2020 07: 05
          Quote: Astra wild
          So he will not go to Rostov?

          More likely in the suburbs
          1. 0
            20 January 2020 17: 18
            Quote: svp67
            Quote: Astra wild
            So he will not go to Rostov?

            More likely in the suburbs

            He won’t go anywhere. Will go to the forest ... to partisan Yes
  2. -5
    19 January 2020 21: 25
    In general, if another geopolitical catastrophe happens, then purely Lukashenko and Belarus will be guilty of it, and we will have an excellent foreign policy pursued by St. Lavrov under the guidance of Himself? Do I understand the essence of what is happening?
    1. -2
      19 January 2020 21: 35
      Quote: romey
      In general, if another geopolitical catastrophe happens, then purely Lukashenko and Belarus will be guilty of it, and we will have an excellent foreign policy pursued by St. Lavrov under the guidance of Himself? Do I understand the essence of what is happening?

      Oh how ... Words are what. The geopolitical catastrophe is straightforward right away. You should have a rally, but with a speech ...
      1. +5
        19 January 2020 21: 39
        But what about the appearance of NATO troops at the borders of Smolensk and Pskov regions in such a bright future? By victory, or as in the case of Ukraine, let's say that we do not need Belarus, are there also crypto-Bandera people?
        1. +3
          19 January 2020 21: 41
          Quote: romey
          But what about the appearance of NATO troops at the borders of Smolensk and Pskov regions in such a bright future? By victory, or as in the case of Ukraine, let's say that we do not need Belarus, are there also crypto-Bandera people?

          Is it true? And Lithuania-Latvia-Estonia on your overseas are located ?!
          1. +2
            19 January 2020 22: 01
            That is, this is normal ... No, guys, I categorically refuse to understand you. We easily fit into overseas adventures, but we absolutely do not care about what is happening at our own borders ...
            1. +1
              19 January 2020 22: 04
              Quote: romey
              That is, this is normal ... No, guys, I categorically refuse to understand you. We easily fit into overseas adventures, but we absolutely do not care about what is happening at our own borders ...

              Have you decided? I tell you about the borders of the Baltic republics with us. What is there to understand then?
              About Belarus. It is their choice, if that. Ukraine chose the West. The result is obvious.
            2. +1
              20 January 2020 11: 10
              Quote: romey
              That is, this is normal ... No, guys, I categorically refuse to understand you. We easily fit into overseas adventures, but we absolutely do not care about what is happening at our own borders ...

              And let's give specifics. What do you suggest? Sell ​​cheap BR oil? Or does Lukashenko helpfully agree to every request?
        2. -1
          19 January 2020 21: 59
          Quote: romey
          But what about the appearance of NATO troops at the borders of Smolensk and Pskov regions in such a bright future?

          Good morning. They are already 30 years old both on the borders of the Pskov and Leningrad regions.
          Quote: romey
          or as in the case of Ukraine, let's say that we do not need Belarus, are there also crypto-Bandera people?

          Why is it needed?
          1. +1
            19 January 2020 22: 05
            At least then that Russian people live there ... though, what am I talking about. After all, Arabs and blacks are closer to you than the Russians of Ukraine and Belarus. That's where Through the Looking Glass ....
            1. +5
              19 January 2020 22: 19
              Quote: romey
              At least then that Russian people live there ... though, what am I talking about.

              Russian people live everywhere. For example, in Australia. Let's join it. By the way, do Belarusians themselves know that they are Russian?
              Quote: romey
              After all, Arabs and blacks are closer to you than the Russians of Ukraine and Belarus

              By the way, yes, Arabs, Negroes, Tatars, Chechens, Chukchi and all the rest are closer to me if they are citizens of my state. And I don’t care about the inhabitants of other countries, even if they speak good Russian.
              1. -3
                19 January 2020 22: 31
                And that Syria is already part of Russia, that the Arabs have become closer to you? Where is the logic? Throwing lard in Syrian sand without the prospect of a return is good, but a union country with the Russian population and the most important strategic position is bad. Just because they refuse to give their industry to the Moscow oligarchy and the rotten vertical ...
                1. +1
                  19 January 2020 23: 04
                  Quote: romey
                  And that Syria is already part of Russia, that the Arabs have become closer to you? Where is the logic? Throwing lards in Syrian sand without the prospect of a return is good

                  In Syria, the Russian Federation is solving its tasks, spending its resources for this. Why on earth do you think money is in someone else's wallet?
                  Quote: romey
                  But a union country with a Russian population and the most important strategic position is bad.

                  Billions have already been poured into the "union country", but there is zero sense. The nipple system "blow there, and back ...". The Russian Federation does not receive any advantages from financing this "ally".
                  Quote: romey
                  Just because they refuse to give their industry to the Moscow oligarchy and the rotten vertical ...

                  Who needs your rotten industry in the absence of a market? What chiches will Belarus live on if Russia finally turns its back?
              2. +8
                20 January 2020 01: 35
                Quote: Winnie76
                By the way, yes, Arabs, Negroes, Tatars, Chechens, Chukchi and all the rest are closer to me if they are citizens of my state. And I don’t care about the inhabitants of other countries, even if they speak good Russian.

                Add more ... Uzbeks, Tajiks, Azerbaijanis ... [all those who "really do not mind" becoming "citizens" of Russia ... by the way, and become ... all "by hook or by crook (often!)"]. I am o'key el from such your "worldview"! I know "some" ... for example, Armenians, Azerbaijanis - "citizens of Russia"! Trust me, they have not become citizens of Russia ... and are not "going"! They, all the time, "look back" at their "historical homeland", they do not break ties with it, and, most importantly (!), They do not give a damn about "by and large" the Russia in which they live! They are often temporary workers in Russia! And therefore, they often do not hide their "irritation" towards Russia and the Russians ... more often, towards the Russians!
                1. -1
                  20 January 2020 09: 16
                  Quote: Nikolaevich I
                  ... I am o'key el from such your "worldview"! I know "some" ... for example, Armenians, Azerbaijanis - "citizens of Russia"! Trust me, they have not become citizens of Russia ... and are not "going"!

                  Simple example, buddy. During the Second World War, these same Chukchi, Evenks, Azerbaijanis, Caucasians sat with the Russians in the same trenches. And the white emigran purebred Russian trash collaborated with Hitler. And I have no doubt in the event of a serious cut with the same Japan, purebred Russian "allies" from the Republic of Bashkortostan will sit out at home.
                  Quote: Nikolaevich I
                  I know "some" ... for example, Armenians, Azerbaijanis - "citizens of Russia"! Trust me, they have not become citizens of Russia ... and are not "going"! They have, all the time, "looking back" at their "historical homeland", they do not break ties with it and, most importantly (!), They do not give a damn about "by and large" Russia, in which they live!

                  When people migrate, foam inevitably appears. Looking back at the "historical homeland" is a natural process. The same Israeli Jews, in one way or another, remain Russian in mentality. Well, in the next generations they will inevitably assimilate
                  Quote: Nikolaevich I
                  They are often temporary workers in Russia! And therefore, they often do not hide their "irritation" towards Russia and the Russians ... more often, towards the Russians!

                  There is nothing more permanent than temporary. If they brought their families, then they will be forced to integrate into society or leave
                  1. +1
                    20 January 2020 14: 37
                    Quote: Winnie76
                    During the Second World War, these same Chukchi, Evenks, Azerbaijanis, Caucasians sat with the Russians in the same trenches.
                    They sat ... although not all. And we are really grateful to those who were in the "Russian trenches"! And that was 75-80 ... 30-40 years ago ... But what is happening now? Even the Slavs (many Ukrainians and some Belarusians) are in opposite trenches! And this, alas, is now (!), "Before our eyes"!
                    Quote: Winnie76
                    Looking back at the "historical homeland" is a natural process.

                    About this it is clear ... But my "emphasis" is on: "look back" + rejection of Russian culture! God bless her, with an eye! But (!) ... living in Russia and at the expense of Russia! "Active" use of the benefits of Russia ... and "irritable" attitude towards Russian culture, towards the Russian people and towards Russia itself !! I saw this in the behavior, words, judgments of "acquaintances" Armenians, Azerbaijanis ... and not only! This is a pronounced unwillingness to "be related" with the Russians! Especially, it manifested itself when they "gave in" ... so, I know what I'm talking about ...
                    Quote: Winnie76
                    If they brought their families, then they will be forced to integrate into society or leave

                    Alas, naive reasoning! Have you heard about "Chinatowns", "reservations", "national areas" in Europe, USA? Now they have appeared in Russia, in Russian cities (Moscow, St. Petersburg, etc. ...), and they are gradually becoming more and more numerous, and they are becoming more numerous ... I hope I have heard about Russian villages "occupied "migrants? I'm talking about "foreigners" who are not going to leave and do not want to assimilate! This is how Tajik, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Chinese .... "territories" appear (and even "multiply" ...) on Russian soil!
            2. +1
              20 January 2020 15: 28
              Yes, it’s not about the people, but about Lukashenko.
        3. +5
          19 January 2020 22: 06
          Have Lukashenko learned to threaten NATO? Bazaar bargain you with your father! Only here it is necessary to keep the appetite in check, otherwise a hole from the donut and no prospect. Is that neighbor Yanuk through the fence in Rostov.
          1. +1
            19 January 2020 22: 13
            No guys. Though catch up, but the crisis and the decomposition of the national idea is evident. Until you understand this, the Russian Federation has no prospects at all. Lukashenko, of course, can go to Rostov, but what is the benefit to you? Take the sacred: gas and oil. After all, you will pump them for crazy grandmas, as is done now with Ukraine, but there were some show-offs ...
            1. -1
              20 January 2020 03: 42
              Quote: romey
              After all, you will pump them for crazy grandmas, as is done now with Ukraine, but there were some show-offs ...

              All worried about Russia that you can’t eat?
    2. SAG
      +8
      19 January 2020 22: 15
      Quote: romey
      In general, if another geopolitical catastrophe happens, then purely Lukashenko and Belarus will be guilty of it, and we will have an excellent foreign policy pursued by St. Lavrov under the guidance of Himself? Do I understand the essence of what is happening?

      No, not right. Fat was wrong, but the giraffe is not guilty. And the one who shouted from the branches: "The giraffe is big, he knows better." Is the hint clear? Are you, dear, ready to pay out of your own pocket for the prosperity of the fraternal but sovereign Belarusian people, who will not pay you anything for sure?
  3. +14
    19 January 2020 21: 30
    What the USSR, what Russia bought and buy the loyalty of other countries for real money ...
    Unfortunately, we have not learned how to build long-term relationships without banknotes.
    1. +2
      19 January 2020 22: 07
      And who learned? Name it.
      1. -4
        19 January 2020 22: 12
        Germany - USA, as an option
        Australia - USA
    2. +18
      19 January 2020 22: 12
      And how to build them without banknotes?

      As a resident of Belarus, I will tell you this - everything that happens is just obscurantism from all sides. Or rather, the absence of at least some kind of well-considered policy on the part of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. Can you, after two decades, clearly articulate where we are all going? Well, except for the vague "union state"? No one knows or understands nicherta, even at the very top. What should this state be like? What should be common and what shouldn't? What are the benefits for both states, etc.
      At the moment, I see the situation as follows: "Well, we somehow seem to be allied there - and, okay! There was no war anyway." For the last ten years, the Russian Federation has not taken any steps to somehow put pressure on the AHL, to try to push through a more serious degree of integration and unification. It is corny endless floats about the common currency and they ultimately have no result. And AHL itself is just happy to pull loans from both sides, and even the cunning-eyed Chinese got in third.

      And in the end, we came to a situation where all the unsolved problems that we all put off for later were taken and gathered in one heap. Moreover, they can be solved, but it won't be quick and painless. Our "ekanamists at boha" also poked fun at those other: about the "tax maneuver" for the last three years, only those who had already been allocated 2 squares of land and a fence did not know about the "tax maneuver". And then, in 19 - such a direct surprise, it turns out in the Russian Federation "tax maneuver" occurs. These are the times! I’m already silent about the absolutely hellish throwing away from the purchase of the Russian Federation of stakes in our factories ... The whole world is from each other everything that is not too lazy to buy and sell, and here we have gone on our own path, not selling anything to anyone at all ... And in the end we will have concretely lagging production, albeit our own. And even without sales markets.

      To be honest, I do not really see any way out of the situation without shocks for our economy. They just can be easier if your government gives some time to build up and does not immediately hit the world prices for us and cancel all the buns from oil. Or they can be at the level of the same Ukraine, when the entire economy will simply "bang" into the abyss and will be built from the bottom.

      And here, in principle, you can't build a relationship without money. It's just that they can be either fraternal money, as they were, or exclusively financial. But in the second case, they should be mutually beneficial, and our "ekanamizdy", over the golden years, did not at all deserve at least something adequate to build, so that hardly anything will come of it. The crisis was expected and it will not go anywhere. If it blows this year, it will explode next year. Or until next year there will be a clear understanding of whether we are going in one direction. Because "money for kissing" all over the world is over. It's time to really look at things, and this is a completely different and completely sad story ...
      1. +4
        19 January 2020 22: 31
        The kiss ends quickly when they start talking about money. In a crisis, Russia does not want to give money to the side without political compensation.
        1. +3
          20 January 2020 03: 40
          Little to carefully study the background of the gas wars of the Russian Federation and Belarus?
          I can enlighten a bit.
          It all started in 1999, when they ratified the agreement on the union state, under this agreement the gas transmission system of the Republic of Belarus was included in the general system of Gazprom, and the Republic of Belarus should receive gas at domestic prices .. Then in 2004 the Russian Federation demanded the sale of the gas transmission system of the Republic of Belarus to Gazprom, Lukashenko refused, gas supplies were stopped for a day. And so every year. The Russian Federation demanded that the Republic of Belarus privatize the entire gas transportation system of the Republic of Belarus, Lukashenko refused. Demands to sell were at book value.
          The whole war is our oligarchs against RB give a pipe.
          1. -2
            20 January 2020 07: 43
            And so the pipe will be taken by Western countries or China.
      2. +3
        19 January 2020 23: 09
        hi Hah! So the Belarusians themselves do not care about all this. Absolutely apolitical over the years they began while Lukashenko built his corporation. Everyone is waiting for something. I saw recently how people inject in the field in the cold for 10 rubles (300 rubles) a day. And everything is fine.
        1. +7
          19 January 2020 23: 19
          I correctly understand that in Russia every resident of the village is exclusively politically active, savvy in political intrigues as a political commissar in the GVHG, and in less than 100 conventional a day, he won’t get off the rostrum in order to work?
          Yes, Belarusians are extremely apolitical. And it’s not only apolitical, but, in general, initiative is bad. Only on the other hand, how do you imagine a different course of events? Do citizens agree to rallies demanding the sale of shares of the MZKT? Or how? Or rallies for and against integration and wall to wall?
          1. +8
            19 January 2020 23: 34
            hi The matter is a little bit different. It is the children of such "khataskrayniks" who are just eager to become a nobleman. Further, the breakaway in full in their mug. The most striking example has not left the screens of Belarusian TV sets for 26 years. The Belarusians have already switched from black and white to LED panels, en doesn't help. He's there anyway.
            1. +5
              19 January 2020 23: 43
              In this regard, there is such a moment. There is no arguing. Looking at the situation from the inside, I can only say that the majority of Belarusians do not see and do not want to see some unpleasant picture that is currently taking shape. In general, everything looks decent and beautiful, but here and there, seemingly insignificant facts come out, but if you think about it, then somewhere on the other side of the curtain is a completely different, different life. But while they are not impudently put on display, to all, in fact, no difference. That's all.
        2. 0
          20 January 2020 23: 07
          We have never had a frost this year !!! A century of will not to be seen ...
      3. 0
        20 January 2020 23: 01
        There were many letters, but they could not catch the meaning. But this is a claim to himself. And the meaning of what is happening, for me, should be simplified. If Belarus is part of Russia, then all these stories about Russians who do not understand their happiness are just a whim jumping on the topic of a freebie, if Belarus is not an independent state, good luck in your search for a better share. Only without moaning that someone is to blame for your problems.
        1. 0
          21 January 2020 07: 45
          The conversation is about that if you look at these very problems without moans and with an open mind, then the most unpleasant question arises: what were all these people doing, who are talking to you and us from the screen about a certain "union state"? What specific points did they outline and what did they fulfill? Why has such a mountain of problems ripened at all, which could be solved gradually and not create a one-time crisis?

          And most importantly, there is no one to answer. For years they gathered, discussed, talked about a happy, joint path to a brighter future, and in the end: "Well, I didn't, I didn't!" Now jump, don't jump, but somehow you need to solve the situation. And in a situation of acute crisis, it is more difficult to think and find compromises. Everyone is on edge, ready to throw harsh words and blurt out the door from insult. It's always easy to break up. But it is difficult to build ... This is what we are all convinced of.
          1. +3
            21 January 2020 13: 37
            Something tells me that there are two parties involved in the negotiations. And the blame for the lack of positive results can lie with both. And all the same, the starting point for all agreements is the question: does Belarus see itself as a province within Russia or an independent state? It seems that the answer to this question is not given by our Belarusian friend. And getting the conditions of the Smolensk region and an independent foreign policy, you know, are the usual "dynamo". And it looks like Russia is tired of it.
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  5. +2
    19 January 2020 21: 42
    Lukashenko is looking for his thirty silver coins ...
    1. -1
      19 January 2020 22: 08
      He seeks adventure in his seat.
  6. +13
    19 January 2020 21: 47
    Quote: nm76
    What the USSR, what Russia bought and buy the loyalty of other countries for real money ...
    Unfortunately, we have not learned how to build long-term relationships without banknotes.

    Well, so all countries are looking for benefits in relations with each other. These are not disinterested relations between people.
    Belarus and Lukashenko just want to outwit everyone and stay with the gesheft. Despite the fact that Russia already invests good money in the economy of this country
    1. 0
      20 January 2020 20: 17
      Exactly! Before being rude to Russia, let the Belarusian debts be returned, 600 (six hundred billion) US dollars. For ten Crimean bridges would be enough!
      1. +1
        21 January 2020 15: 12
        Suede jacket ... three jackets ...
        1. 0
          22 January 2020 16: 34
          "Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession" in the same place: "the dog promised to come with the police"
  7. 0
    19 January 2020 22: 01
    To rush, here, here, back ... not the first time.
  8. +2
    19 January 2020 22: 05
    Old Man was eating away. In the process, I decided to play games ... well, well ... Yanukovych can explain to him in detail how these games end. His life does not teach anything.
  9. +1
    19 January 2020 22: 23
    As I understand it...
    "And again the hassle began
    About the insidious abroad. "
    About that someone Aleksanr L sold for "cookies of the State Department" ...
  10. +1
    19 January 2020 22: 28
    No one wants to learn from other people's mistakes.
    1. +2
      19 January 2020 23: 02
      Learning from other people's mistakes is cheaper, more useful from your own, but it can be expensive.
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  12. -3
    19 January 2020 23: 12
    Lies! Lukashenka has not been called "the last dictator of Europe" in the West for a long time
    Threat. In no case do not protect him
  13. +1
    19 January 2020 23: 13
    Those of our elite who seriously hoped that Lukashenka would give up at least a particle of his own power, the power for which he gnawed at his "opponents" for decades, are extremely limited people. And if they lost time to meet with him, if they exerted economic pressure, then they were counting on something.
    Nda. It is gratifying to understand how many smart and visionary leaders we have
    1. 0
      20 January 2020 20: 11
      Yes, they are far from you! Go read the correspondence between Engels and Kautsky, our smart one, go ...
  14. 0
    19 January 2020 23: 37
    Quote: destiny20
    Lies! Lukashenka has not been called "the last dictator of Europe" in the West for a long time
    Threat. In no case do not protect him

    Why are you so scared? lol Afraid of being "not handshake"? wassat
  15. 0
    19 January 2020 23: 47
    Quote: Lekz
    Yanukovych also planned to outwit everyone.

    You think this one will play out ...
    Quote: Balu
    Quote: Lekz
    Yanukovych also planned to outwit everyone.

    And Saddam Hussein, too, and Gaddafi, and .... And look how patronizing Barack Obama patted Medvedev on the knee during their meeting in the United States.

    Well, Gaddafi ... There, they didn’t replay as much as Maummar than Putin ... He signed one, the Americans and Europe treated it as they needed, and no one began to listen to his objections in 2011. But since then, Putin has not made such catastrophic mistakes.
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  17. +2
    20 January 2020 00: 53
    Quote: mavrus
    There, they did not replay so much Maummar as Putin ... He signed one, the Americans and Europe treated it as they needed, and no one began to listen to his objections in 2011.

    This was signed not by Putin, but by Medvedev!
  18. +8
    20 January 2020 01: 00
    It is time to end this farce of unheard-of generosity in exchange for "bohatovectorism".
    Priche, I’m not saying that don’t give money to Belarus. Just give - and call it right, and understand what exactly. And demand compliance with our interests. fully without deviations.
    When Belarus decides to give Russia money for maintenance, it will have the right to demand something in return.
    And for some reason, on the contrary, everything turns out: the donee also sets demands.
  19. 0
    20 January 2020 02: 19
    "So the president of Belarus decided to follow the old disastrous option - to import oil from foreign suppliers."

    One to one with Ukraine. So soon we are waiting for the Maidan in Minsk.
    Information specially for Lukashenko - Rostov is not rubber!
    And besides Russia, you, my friend, had nowhere to run, everywhere there were ambushes and bars.
    Now there’s nowhere to run. All. Sailed. Sushi oars, soon with things to go ...
  20. +1
    20 January 2020 02: 54
    Initially a failed policy like: "And ours and yours and we will sing and dance"
  21. +1
    20 January 2020 03: 15
    The fact that Russia rested against the protection of its economic interests is five, unambiguously) And then there are a lot of smart people around: milk Russia to the last, call for help - and then blame the occupation, demand compensation, throw mud at and "forget" about their debts to Russia. Nafig-nafig such sly-assed friends.
  22. +1
    20 January 2020 04: 10
    "Before uniting, one must decisively separate" (c) V.I. Lenin
  23. +3
    20 January 2020 07: 10
    Just over 2 years ago, I loved Lukashenka: "he has preserved socialism, he does not go for rapprochement with the West. For the West, he is an enemy." So I thought, my husband teased me: "Lukashenka's illegitimate daughter", and now I am bitter. It's like in his youth he created an idol for himself, and the idol turned out to be a villain
  24. +1
    20 January 2020 07: 29
    And what, sobsna, is the problem ?! In the light of recent events, by the way, a change of leader took place in the group of "last dictators". So our AHL is now quite herbivorous. And why is everyone sure that only Lukashenka will face the fate of Yanukovych. Rostov, Rostov. But where from Moscow it is very possible that someone will have to pull - this is the question. Abu Dhabi? Or Tokyo? Or Beijing?
    1. +1
      20 January 2020 08: 26
      And doesn’t it bother anyone that almost all of the Kremlin’s foreign policy projects have covered themselves with a basin? Where is the SCO now? Aw! What is heard from BRICS? Also deaf? Only honestly. I’m not fooling myself. Not the evening, however ... Why? Lukashenko didn’t seem to be there. Well, officially. Did the traitors try too? But the thought does not come to the head that Russia is the weakest link in them, and not a locomotive at all. And besides cheap (or not very cheap) fuel, Russia has nothing to offer partners. No ideas, no technology, no ideology. Nothing. Well, maybe a weapon, and even that is the damned legacy of communism, which will soon be done away with. Maybe something should be changed at the conservatory?
      1. +1
        20 January 2020 20: 19
        Maybe there’s nothing, and you don’t have that either.
        1. 0
          20 January 2020 20: 49
          Is this easier for you? Yes to health.
  25. +3
    20 January 2020 08: 32
    Yes, now Lukashenka cannot escape the "embrace" of the West. The experience of Hussein, Gaddafi and Yanukovych is in his hand. Sorry for Belarus and its people.
  26. +1
    20 January 2020 19: 19
    Quote: g_ae
    And doesn’t it bother anyone that almost all of the Kremlin’s foreign policy projects have covered themselves with a basin? Where is the SCO now? Aw! What is heard from BRICS?

    Is BRICS a Kremlin project? Trump is ours ?! Fire in Australia - Petrov and Boshirov?
    1. -1
      20 January 2020 20: 07
      Yeah! I knew that there were no objections to the rest.
  27. +2
    20 January 2020 20: 01
    What a baseness! Betray at any time.
  28. -1
    20 January 2020 23: 14
    Quote: Winnie76
    Quote: romey
    At least then that Russian people live there ... though, what am I talking about.

    Russian people live everywhere. For example, in Australia. Let's join it. By the way, do Belarusians themselves know that they are Russian?
    Quote: romey
    After all, Arabs and blacks are closer to you than the Russians of Ukraine and Belarus

    By the way, yes, Arabs, Negroes, Tatars, Chechens, Chukchi and all the rest are closer to me if they are citizens of my state. And I don’t care about the inhabitants of other countries, even if they speak good Russian.

    Are you a CAR ?, do you have your own?
  29. +1
    22 January 2020 16: 46
    Quote: g_ae
    And what, sobsna, is the problem ?! In the light of recent events, by the way, a change of leader took place in the group of "last dictators". So our AHL is now quite herbivorous. And why is everyone sure that only Lukashenka will face the fate of Yanukovych. Rostov, Rostov. But where from Moscow it is very possible that someone will have to pull - this is the question. Abu Dhabi? Or Tokyo? Or Beijing?

    I ABSOLUTELY see no reason for V. V to need to "change the apartment": G. A. Zyuganov is only a communist in words, K. A. Sobchak, firstly, "a crow will not bite a crow's eye" and secondly, who will choose her: me, you , maybe your neighbor Uncle Vasya?
  30. 0
    23 January 2020 14: 07
    Why don't they rate gasoline inflation? Continue to continue?
  31. 0
    24 January 2020 16: 19
    Alexander Lukashenko was indignant and decided to take oil in Venezuela from Hugo Chavez. It was not difficult to conclude such a deal. After a while, six million tons of Venezuelan oil poured into Belarusian refineries, which, taking into account the delivery, cost Belarusians almost twice as much as Russian. The deal was closed.
    Still little known facts. Lukashenko bought several wells from Ugo, knowing that his health wasn’t so good, he sold it, and he gave his soul to God. And the new president said, “I don’t know who I bought from - ask him that.” Then he agreed to barter with the new president, Belarusians are building a residential quarter for $ 200 million and continue to pump oil, but here something went wrong. As a result, Lukashenko was left without wells and built housing for free. Something like this.
  32. 0
    26 January 2020 15: 32
    Old Man. Do not buy for candy wrappers.

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