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Long-distance relationships are an excellent test of such a strong feeling as love, even if it is brotherly love. For Alexander #Lukashenko, who went on a foreign tour, love for his "elder brother" not only cooled down...
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but seemed to have vanished as he moved away from the president of #Russia, Vladimir #Putin. Putin conveyed to #Lukashenko the demand to come for a bow in the near future, or rather, to appear in person for consultations on pressing issues and to explain...
2/11
the disagreements that have arisen in the already agreed and approved plans. #Lukashenko at first hesitated to answer, referring to being busy. Then, he refused both the personal request of the #Russian president to free Sofya Sapega and the invitation to the "carpet".
3/11
Regarding Sapega, #Lukashenko conveyed the meaningful "he will understand" and explained the refusal to come to visit with a sharp deterioration in his health. #Putin was extremely dissatisfied with Lukashenko's double refusal.
4/11
Once again, in obscene form, he promised big troubles for #Lukashenko, but this is a common thing, and no one in the circle of the president of #Russia takes such threats against Lukashenko seriously.
5/11
#Putin was reported that #Lukashenko is regularly provided with video recordings of how imprisoned female opposition representatives in Belarus, including Sapega, spend their time. The Belarusian dictator especially likes records of interrogations and full body searches.
6/11
#Putin is sympathetic to such things. The perverted tradition of regularly observing imprisoned political opponents was laid down by former Ukrainian president Yanukovych. Yanukovych had access to images from the cameras in the premises where Yulia Tymoshenko was held.
7/11
He quite often invited loved ones to see what the former prime minister was doing. But Yanukovych is an outright idiot, and his actions only confirm his reputation. #Putin, although not the smartest, is still not a complete idiot.
8/11
Yet, he took over a similar initiative from Yanukovych and is happy to look at such records not only with imprisoned top oppositionists in #Russia (exclusively men) but also with Mikheil #Saakashvili, who is under arrest in #Georgia.
9/11
It is known for sure that the current leadership of #Georgia transmits such records through informal channels to the #Russian side.
10/11
It is scary to think what could happen if #Putin's plans to unite #Russia, #Ukraine and #Belarus into a Union State headed by Putin as president, Yanukovych as prime minister and Lukashenko as chairman of parliament were implemented.
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