MINSK/MOSCOW – The Belarusian elections was hit with extreme controversies in the last weeks when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has forced the exile of former presidential candidate Svettlana Tikhanoskaya into Lithuania when she had televised a video of her reading a script given to her abdicating her run for presidency then later broadcasting from Lithuania as he revealed she did it for the safety of her children.
President Lukashenko has declared that he would cut off the European transit routes through the country if any sanctions would be imposed on Belarus.
Attempting to stronghand Russia who brought up the possible sanctioning of Belarus due to the actions of President Alexander Lukashenko’s dictatorial regime, Mr. Lukashenko threatened that he would bar all trade transaction routes to Russia from the EU that passes over Belarus including barring exports shipped through ports in the EU to Lithuania.
“They got fat and forgot what Belarus is. And thought we could be frightened off with rockets and tanks. Well let’s see who is afraid of whom. We’ll show them what sanctions are.”he said while visiting a dairy farm in Russia.
Belarus is used as a major vein of transit routes of oil, port volume and rail traffic to Russia from goods and products from the EU to Russia. The 26-year rule of President Lukashenko has brought with it great controversy as the threats continue to shed light on what is otherwise dubbed as “the last dictatorship in Europe”.
Thousands of people took to the streets during the elections and after to demand he step down for supposedly rigging the elections to prolong an office he had occupied for more than 20 years by changing the charter on the terms of Presidency.
Mr. Lukashenko continues to hold to his belief that the protesters were paid off by “the West” and accused NATO of engineering the protests, which the European alliance denies.
“If they (NATO troops) don’t hold still, it’s necessary to use a joint grouping of armed forces, the basis of which is the Belarusian army. The Russians must support us and follow us.” said Mr. Lukashenko stated that it’s closest ex-Soviet ally’s role in protecting Belarus from western intervention.
“The president supports effective sanctions on Belarus, at European, regional and national levels. They are used as an answer to violence of government institutions and human rights violations in the country,” said Lithuanian presidential spokesman Antanas Bubnelis describing that Mr. Lukashenko is more cause for Russia to support the sanction than support the Belarusian leader due to his response of violence over diplomacy that could backfire on Russia if they give Belarus any support through the enemies the leader had amassed in a short span of time.
