"The Question Arises In Moscow As To Why Lukashenko Is Needed"

• 5.11.2025, 14:50

What's behind the dictator's tantrum.

After the meteoprobes attacks from Belarus, Lithuania completely closed the border for at least a month. In response, Lukashenko threw a tantrum, banned the transit of vans from the EU and provoked a new wave of migrant attacks on the Lithuanian border.

What's behind Lukashenko's tantrum and meteoprobe attacks? Such a question Charter97.org asked the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the party "Servant of the People" Oleh Dunde:

- In fact, it shows that the Belarusian state and Lukashenko's regime are completely economically bankrupt. They need transit to maintain their budget, they need supplies of goods through their territory, including Russian goods, to the territory of the European Union.

Lukashenko acts as such an intermediary window, and any closure of borders, any cessation of supplies and transit cargoes from Belarus to Europe actually closes the possibility for him to be a "gray smuggling window" for Russia - to circumvent sanctions in one form or another. In view of this, if it is unable to fulfill this function, the question arises in Moscow: why does it need it at all? That is why the hysteria.