"Lukashenko Is Very Uncomfortable Right Now."
- 29.01.2026, 11:45
Trump has set in motion processes that are out of control.
Editor-in-chief of Charter97.org Natalya Radina believes that the US takeover of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro has seriously affected Lukashenko:
- I think the dictator is under a lot of stress right now. Events are developing in such a way that any, the most improbable scenarios are possible, which are impossible to calculate, not to prepare for. That's why Lukashenko is in a panic now.
The kidnapping and arrest of Maduro's friend, popular unrest in Iran show that turbulent times have come for dictators as well. Donald Trump, however we evaluate him, has set in motion processes that have already become unmanageable. It used to be that only the "bad guys" broke the rules, and democracies called them to order in vain. But suddenly it turned out that in Venezuela a dictator can be arrested at night in his own bedroom, and in Iran, in response to the killing of peaceful demonstrators, American long-range missiles can hit decision-making centers.
That is why Lukashenko is very uncomfortable now. The end of the war is not favorable to the dictator. There is already information that the US president intends to put an end to his mediation in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine by May 15.
Europe, as we see, continues to remain principled and does not intend to lift sanctions against the Belarusian dictatorship, as it poses a threat to the security of the EU countries. In this regard, Lukashenko's expectation that all Western sanctions will soon be lifted from him is not justified.
- On January 23, Lukashenko bypassed the General Staff and raised a mechbrigade in Vitebsk region. Later, propagandists explained that the purpose of the test was to practice countering the "Venezuelan scenario," when the closest entourage and the army "surrendered" the dictator. Is it possible to repeat such a scenario in Belarus? Who can "surrender" Lukashenko?
- Anyone. Lukashenko can turn in his entire entourage, including his own sons. Do you think there are any normal human feelings and relations in his family? I'm sure they haven't. The dictator has committed so many crimes, including the murder of opponents, total corruption and theft, that everyone categorically does not want to get into the circle of his accomplices at the moment of reckoning.
Hence the panic, checks and working out the Venezuelan scenario. All this is a pathetic attempt of Lukashenko to say to his entourage, "If you want to give me up, it won't work. But it is clear to everyone that in case of emergency such a special operation can be carried out in Belarus in no time, and no one will defend the elderly dictator at the cost of his own life. Everyone will willingly and amicably agree to the deal - just so as not to be lost. It is well known that Lukashenko has no support among the people, but we should not exaggerate his support by the cowardly nomenclature.