On August 4, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka gave a 4.5-hour-long interview to journalists representing three media outlets not run by the Belarusian state. Ranked in ascending order of their history of vociferous criticism of the Lukashenka regime, these outlets included Tut.by, Belarus’s leading privately owned news portal; Euroradio, an entertainment and news media broadcaster, based in Warsaw and catering to a Belarusian audience under 35 years of age; and the Belarusian service of Radio Liberty. Below are some of the most important points Lukashenka made in that interview:
On Russia, Lukashenka suggested that Moscow is not scheming to deprive Belarus of statehood. …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation
