"Belarus Must Judge The Perpetrators Of The Totalitarian Regime"

What challenges await Belarusians after Lukashenko's departure.

What are the main challenges to overcome for Belarus to become an EU country? This is what Charter97.org asked former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves:

- The first challenge is Lukashenko, but then, the next day, the same sweeping reforms that Estonia undertook in 1991-1994. Tough radical reforms that will bring the economy back to the market. Of course, the perpetrators of the totalitarian regime must be tried. Then, once the reforms begin (and if they continue), Belarus can join the European Union, but it will take a long time.

Estonia gained independence in 1991, and we joined the European Union in 2004. We were one of the fastest. Everyone joined in 2004, but actually we could have joined earlier. But then the European Commission decided to slow down the process for us and for the Czechs, simply because they didn't want it to be staggered. They just said, "Let's accept them all at once." So we had to wait.

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