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Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 9 months ago

“They [Wagner fighters] are asking to go West, ask me for permission … to go on a trip to Warsaw, to Rzeszow. But of course, I am keeping them in central Belarus, like we agreed. We are controlling what is happening [with Wagner].”

Aljazeera

President of Belarus

23 Jul 2023 4 2

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 9 months ago

“But as far as Belarus is concerned, it is part of the Union State. Unleashing aggression against Belarus will mean aggression against the Russian Federation. We will respond to this with all the means at our disposal.”

Aljazeera

President of Russia

21 Jul 2023 1 2

Boris Gryzlov

Inserted 1 year ago

“The weapons would be moved to the country's western border as part of moves to ensure security. This will be done despite the noise in Europe and the United States.”

Aljazeera

Russian ambassador to Belarus

02 Apr 2023 2 2

Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 1 year ago

“Putin and I will decide and introduce here, if necessary, strategic weapons, and they must understand this, the scoundrels abroad, who today are trying to blow us up from inside and outside. We will stop at nothing to protect our countries, our state and their peoples.”

Aljazeera

President of Belarus

31 Mar 2023 2 1

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 2 years ago

“Sanctions will be imposed in any case. Whether they have a reason today, for example, in connection with the events in Ukraine, or there is no such reason - it will be found, because the goal is different, in this case the goal is to slow down the development of Russia and Belarus. With this aim, there will always be a reason to introduce certain illegitimate restrictions, and this is nothing more than unfair competition. Sanctions pressure is absolutely illegitimate.”

Tass

President of Russia

18 Feb 2022 4 3

Vladimir Makei

Inserted 2 years ago

“Not a single [Russian] soldier or a single unit of military equipment will stay on the territory of Belarus after the drills with Russia. Neither Moscow, nor Minsk, nor Kiev wants war.”

Taipeitimes

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

16 Feb 2022 3 2

Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 2 years ago

“The second instance that could lead to a war that Belarus would take part in is if our ally Russia is directly attacked. We will stand up to defend our land - our homeland.”

Themoscowtimes

President of Belarus

28 Jan 2022 1 1

Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 2 years ago

“After the referendum, Crimea also became de jure Russian.”

Aljazeera

President of Belarus

30 Nov 2021 5 4

Franak Viačorka

Inserted 2 years ago

“Predictably, he [Alexander Lukashenko] didn't consult the Kremlin. He is again trying to hide behind [Russia]. The crisis on the border will be solved by dismantling dictatorship in Minsk.”

Theguardian

Senior Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

13 Nov 2021 5 3

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 2 years ago

“I'm hearing about this for the first time … he [Alexander Lukashenko] didn't even suggest it to me. He could do this in theory but there's nothing good about it.”

Theguardian

President of Russia

13 Nov 2021 2 4

Kamil Klysinski

Inserted 2 years ago

“Those 28 union road maps should be understood as a whole, comprehensive annex to the union-state treaty of 1999. After the signing of all agreements Belarus will still remain a separate country, formally independent but integrated into the Russian economy and law system on an unprecedented scale.”

Rferl

Senior fellow at the Warsaw-based OSW Center for Eastern Studies

06 Sep 2021 3 3

Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 2 years ago

“Russia in the near future … will supply us - I won't say how much money or what - with dozens of planes, dozens of helicopters, the most important air defence weapons. Maybe even S-400s (surface-to-air missiles). We need them very much as I've said in the past. In a word, the most modern equipment. We will equip ourselves. If we see during the exercise (Zapad-2021) that we need something else, then we will buy it from the Russian Federation and commission it.”

Aljazeera

President of Belarus

01 Sep 2021 6 2

Andrey Kazakevich

Inserted 2 years ago

“We've all heard many times various statements that integration agreements would be signed in the near future. I don't think that any 'road maps' that seriously limit Belarus's sovereignty will be signed, but Russia is using the process to increase its influence over Belarus, which is already quite strong.”

Rferl

Analyst

31 Aug 2021 1 2

Syarhey Bohdan

Inserted 2 years ago

“If the integration agreements [between Russia and Belarus] are signed, it will be a significant surrender on the part of the Belarusian authorities under pressure, which they were unable to resist.”

Rferl

Political analyst

31 Aug 2021 2 2

Julie Fisher

Inserted 2 years ago

“For as long as Lukashenka remains in power, Belarus is under threat of absorption into Russia under the union-state agreement, with dire consequences for the people of Belarus, their voice, their agency their culture, and their identity.”

Rferl

U.S. Ambassador to Belarus

09 Jun 2021 2 3

Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is always someone who causes problems for us. You know about them, I'll inform you. I brought some documents so that you understand what is happening.”

Aljazeera

President of Belarus

28 May 2021 1 1

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 2 years ago

“At one time they forced the Bolivian president's plane to land and took him out of the plane and nothing, silence.”

Aljazeera

Russian president

28 May 2021 1 3

Artyom Shraybman

Inserted 2 years ago

“These fabrications are little more than a campaign to justify himself. There is no bigger strategic motive. On occasions when the Kremlin stands to gain from the disinformation Minsk puts out, Lukashenka is demonstrating loyalty to Moscow in a tactic to win support. Because the more anti-Western he is, the more irreplaceable he becomes.”

Rferl

Belarusian political analyst

27 May 2021 3 2

Abbas Gallyamov

Inserted 2 years ago

“Putin benefits [from the unsubstantiated response of Belarus president Lukashenka]. As the world watches Lukashenka lose his marbles, the Russian president looks like a completely adequate and upstanding leader. In fact it so benefits Putin that I wouldn't be surprised if he encourages it.”

Rferl

Political analyst and former Kremlin speechwriter

27 May 2021 5 3

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 2 years ago

“You can have your own opinion of Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's policy. But the practice of staging coups d'état and planning political assassinations, including those of high-ranking officials -- well, this goes too far.”

Rferl

Russian president

21 Apr 2021 3 2

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“They [Wagner fighters] are asking to go West, ask me for permission … to go on a trip to Warsaw, to Rzeszow. But of course, I am keeping them in central Belarus, like we agreed. We are controlling what is happening [with Wagner].”

“But as far as Belarus is concerned, it is part of the Union State. Unleashing aggression against Belarus will mean aggression against the Russian Federation. We will respond to this with all the means at our disposal.”

“The weapons would be moved to the country's western border as part of moves to ensure security. This will be done despite the noise in Europe and the United States.”

“Putin and I will decide and introduce here, if necessary, strategic weapons, and they must understand this, the scoundrels abroad, who today are trying to blow us up from inside and outside. We will stop at nothing to protect our countries, our state and their peoples.”

“Not a single [Russian] soldier or a single unit of military equipment will stay on the territory of Belarus after the drills with Russia. Neither Moscow, nor Minsk, nor Kiev wants war.”

“The second instance that could lead to a war that Belarus would take part in is if our ally Russia is directly attacked. We will stand up to defend our land - our homeland.”

“After the referendum, Crimea also became de jure Russian.”

“Predictably, he [Alexander Lukashenko] didn't consult the Kremlin. He is again trying to hide behind [Russia]. The crisis on the border will be solved by dismantling dictatorship in Minsk.”

“I'm hearing about this for the first time … he [Alexander Lukashenko] didn't even suggest it to me. He could do this in theory but there's nothing good about it.”

“If the integration agreements [between Russia and Belarus] are signed, it will be a significant surrender on the part of the Belarusian authorities under pressure, which they were unable to resist.”

“For as long as Lukashenka remains in power, Belarus is under threat of absorption into Russia under the union-state agreement, with dire consequences for the people of Belarus, their voice, their agency their culture, and their identity.”

“There is always someone who causes problems for us. You know about them, I'll inform you. I brought some documents so that you understand what is happening.”

“At one time they forced the Bolivian president's plane to land and took him out of the plane and nothing, silence.”

“Putin benefits [from the unsubstantiated response of Belarus president Lukashenka]. As the world watches Lukashenka lose his marbles, the Russian president looks like a completely adequate and upstanding leader. In fact it so benefits Putin that I wouldn't be surprised if he encourages it.”

“You can have your own opinion of Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's policy. But the practice of staging coups d'état and planning political assassinations, including those of high-ranking officials -- well, this goes too far.”

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