Foreign Correspondence

[Amaunet]

Lukashenko fears an intervention from the West. Beyond Gazprom he is also seeking refuge in a union with Russia.

Just as Putin may desire to safeguard at least one post-Soviet ally so might Lukashenko want to protect his own status and supposedly that of Belarus.

The Belarusian leader added that he had earlier discussed the recent revolutions in former Soviet republics with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. “I cannot say that we are as worried about revolutionary changes in Belarus and Russia as media report. There will be no revolution either in Belarus, or in Russia, we have agreed about that.”

He added that Russia widely supports Belarus on foreign issues and would consider “a revolution in Belarus as a revolution in Moscow.”

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