‘There Are Three Topics Putin And Lukashenka Will Discuss’

Why is the Belarusian dictator flying to Moscow?

Lukashenka is flyingLukashenka is flying to the Russian Federation on an official visit. Negotiations with Putin will take place on March 13 in the Kremlin.

What topics will be discussed at the meeting? Charter97.org spoke with Belarusian political scientist Anatol Kotau about this:

— The most important topic is money, support for Lukashenka and the regime in 2025. Accordingly, all possible projects such as the second Belarusian NPP, as well as some new ideas in the field of import substitution and even the development of artificial intelligence — all this will most likely be discussed tomorrow. Some of this will even make it into the press, but overall, this is just a reason to ask for additional funding for 2025.

While all mega-projects with the Russian Federation are generally stalled, there is no point in talking about any economic component or economic efficiency. After the construction of the first nuclear power plant, electricity only became more expensive, there was a lot of it, but the price still increased. Accordingly, this is not about profit, but about supporting the regime with finances.

The situation in the region will also obviously be discussed, namely the prospects for a ceasefire or some kind of start to the peace process in Ukraine. Lukashenka is at least interested in this topic, he really wants to be at the negotiating table in one capacity or another, because he believes that in this way he will be provided with international recognition and, accordingly, some kind of protection from encroachment on his power.

And the third topic that will be touched upon is the upcoming exercises “West-2025”, the deadline for which is inexorably approaching. Accordingly, it will be possible to threaten with exercises, “Oreshnik”, and rattle nuclear weapons in the direction of Europe.

Two comrades, two brothers — Lukashenka and Putin — are now betting on the same thing, namely, agreements with the Americans, in order to punish Europe, in fact, for its intractability and much greater support for Ukraine than the United States of America is currently doing.

— Recently, Europe has consolidated on many issues. How will the factor of a strong Europe affect the Belarusian regime?

— So far, there is talk that Europe should be strong not only economically, but also in terms of defense. And this is a different level of cooperation and a different level of union.

Europe, in general, did not really intend to fight after the end of World War II, at least the idea of a war in Europe was not seriously considered. Accordingly, practical steps are needed in this direction, and this requires quite serious finances. We are talking about hundreds of billions of dollars not only to increase the army and create some kind of, so to speak, a single European command or a European regional NATO, but also for industry, which was not in demand and, accordingly, did not develop much.

First of all, any enterprises, including defense ones, had to make money, and there was simply no such market in Europe. Funds for arming the army were reduced, fewer different weapons were purchased, so in general the European defense industry did not increase its power, focusing mainly on the export of its products.

It is necessary to move in all three directions at once — increasing funding, creating a military defense union, deploying and enhancing military production, which requires significant infrastructural changes. If this happens, then we can say that Europe is moving towards strength, towards closer unification and becoming a more serious player in the Eurasian space, in the space of two continents. Then it will become more difficult for both Putin and Lukashenka to put pressure on individual European countries, unleashing regional and local hybrid wars.

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