Aif: Moscow puts an end to Belarusian ruler

The relations between Russia and Alyaksandr Lukashenka are deteriorating day by day.

As “Argumenty and Fakty” newspaper writes in the article “Moscow Puts an End to Lukashenka”, Moscow again became disappointed with its partner after the Belarusian ruler said at the end of last week in response to Dmitry Medvedev reproach upon the failure to fulfill promises on recognizance Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The Kremlin wasn’t slow to react. Sergey Prikhodko, an aide to the Russian leader, promised on Friday to quote Lukashenka’s numerous promises on recognizing the republics. “we can also publish other statements by Alyaksandr Lukashenka that will be interesting both for the Belarusian and international public,” he said.

That wasn’t the end of discontent. Besides Prikhodko’s words, NTV showed the third part of documentary “Godbatka” at the end of last week. It focuses on facts of corruption in the Belarusian president’s family, creation of a clan system and legalized robbery of Belarusian and Russian businessmen in the country and so on. Moreover, journalists referred to medical examination data and said Lukashenka suffered from “mosaic psychopathy”. It was the reason for his invaliding out of the army in 1982.

These are only elements of the information war. The Aif.ru website wrote in the middle of July that the Russian leadership wasn’t going to support Lukashenka at the presidential elections that are due to be held in six months. Moreover, the Kremlin is now busy with looking for a suitable person to rule Belarus. Different figures are under consideration, but a concrete candidate hasn’t been named so far. It will possibly be announced in autumn, when the Belarusian “parliament” sets the final date for the elections.

So, the closer autumn and the Belarusian elections, the faster we come to the end of the story about 16-year “friendship” between Moscow and Minsk. Russia annually paid Lukashenka with cash, oil and gas but in exchange received his promises to love Russia and “crawl to Russia for the sake of Belarus”, as Lukashenka used to say just after he had come to power.