Andrei Sannikov: We Must Prepare For Decisive Actions Inside Belarus
10- 11.03.2024, 23:35
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Russia is no longer able to massively support Lukashenka’s dictatorship.
On March 8, leader of the European Belarus civil campaign, presidential candidate in Belarus in the 2010 elections, Andrei Sannikov, celebrated his 70th birthday.
In an interview with Charter97.org, the politician explained what can and should be done now to remove Lukashenka:
— For those living in Belarus, take care of yourself, your family and friends. Do not participate in various “peramogas”, “personnel reserves”, “worker movements”, entries in the queue for a “passport”, etc. In my opinion, it is obvious that all this is a KGB trap to catch people disloyal to this government and isolate them, even to the point of physical destruction. Those who continue to call for such participation are criminals.
— Preserve and maintain chains of solidarity. As Iryna Khalip said, “Belarusians are geniuses of solidarity” and will always find a way to help people in the most difficult times. It is necessary to remember about personal safety, but also remember about those who need help.
— Improve the Belarusian language and learn English. As the recent discussion of the book “Belarus in NATO” showed, we will really need English after the regime change.
The main thing today is to help political prisoners and their families. Find opportunities to help without exposing yourself. Think about them, pray for them, help each other.
There are no universal recipes, but I am sure that it won’t be long before the window of opportunity opens again.
And today the main burden of bringing it closer falls on those who are outside Belarus. Much depends on us to prepare for decisive actions inside Belarus.
That’s why I feel an acute dislike for some self-proclaimed “leaders”, their mostly behind-the-scenes games with the destinies of political prisoners. They offer to bargain for them with the regime, thereby weakening, greatly weakening, the front of resistance to the regime with their defeatist proposals and sentiments.
Our friends, people who are in prison today, even in the most difficult conditions, inspire Belarusians more than defeatists. Take, for example, Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk and others — they, from behind prison walls, are saying that we cannot give up, we must all remember that we are obliged to liberate Belarus, we must continue to fight this regime.
Therefore, I think there will be moments of crisis that need to be exploited, related to the war, and to internal tension in the country, and to the behavior of Russia, which is no longer able to massively support the dictatorship in Belarus.
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