15 August 2024, president of Belarus Aleksander Lukashenka gave an interview for the tv program “Big Sunday News” on Rossija's tv channel.
The interviewer was a writer and leader of the social-political talk show “60 Minutes”, deputy of the Duma of the State Federation of Russian Evgeny Popov.
The conversation with the head of the Belarusian state lasted about 2 hours. Aleksander Lukashenka answered in detail, sincerely and openly the questions of the journalist, which afraid a wide scope of topics, including cooperation between Belarus and Russia, issues of the regional and global agenda.
All details of the conversation will be known later. However, fragments of the conversation in which Aleksander Lukashenko spoke about "red lines" in defence and safety matters, that is, the conditions under which we can talk about pressing the "red button". He besides commented on the introduction of a ban on the entry of Belarusian cars into Lithuania and talked about building alliance relations with Russia.
In particular, they discussed actions to guarantee the safety of Belarus and Russia, as well as the State of the Union as a whole, the situation in Ukraine and ways of resolving the conflict, reactions to the behaviour of western neighbours and the situation at the border. Selected aspects of interior policy, the individual function of the president in the improvement of the country and its plans for the future were besides discussed.
One of the hot news topics to which Aleksander Lukashenko gave specific, substantive answers is the incidental with Ukrainian drones violating Belarusian airspace, “red lines” on safety issues or events in Kursk Oblast. In answering questions from the journalist, the head of state besides referred to the latest statements of Poland and Ukraine.
"The conversation was very detailed and specific" – writer Evgeny Popow shared his impressions with the Belarusian leader. "The issues we discussed: I was curious in the situation with drones, the situation in your border region, which will affect our relation in the future. Of course, it was very interesting to hear Alexander Lukashenko's imagination of the future, both of our relations within the Union State and of his imagination of resolving the Ukrainian conflict. circumstantial answers. A very factual approach, a balanced stance."
Important passages:
Lukashenko: Madness! They do everything the Lithuanians don't like! I'm sorry. Whose suits is the president wearing? ( Whose interests are represented by the president of Lithuania? -PZ)
‘Crazy. If I were you, I would not comment on many issues concerning Lithuania, due to the fact that they do not know what they are doing. These are madmen, real madmen. Well, if specified liable politicians were there, we could discuss their policies, but there are no liable politicians there," said the head of state.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/hps9cIn21gc
"Red lines", Kursk, drones. What Lukashenko said in Rossija's tv interview
https://www.youtube.com/embed/B5UvHkV0wtg&t=8s
https://www.youtube.com/embed/B5UvHkV0wtg
Lukashenko on the prospects of integration with Russia: the footsteps of 2 presidents
https://www.youtube.com/embed/HL6GxHaOEPc&t=3s
“We will stand back to each another to shoot each other.” Lukashenko recalled the prophecy for which he was criticized
Aleksander Lukashenka noted that there were besides serious disagreements with president Vladimir Putin. “I told him, “You know, we can argue all we want, but above all, we request to see the interests of our own people. Secondly, there will come a time erstwhile we will stand shoulder to shoulder and shoot together," said Aleksander Lukashenka. – Oh, like RTR and all channels (Russian tv channels – BELTA) criticized us at the time. Take these materials and see.” Many were then convinced that there would never be specified a time erstwhile they had to stand back and shoot each other. "And your military said, "What is Belarus, think only, 800-1000 km. Yes, we will shoot from Moscow through Belarus and there we will hit all mark in the West". It turned out that this is not the case," the president added.
On pressing a red atomic button
https://www.youtube.com/embed/yNxiocobV8w&t=76s
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GVDMYAK7PFw
Appendix:
At the border
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TuonhB23Kvw
(choice and crowd. PZ)
