Lukashenko. Press conference 2013

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

This event traditionally ends the press tour of Russian journalists around Belarus. This year, Russian guests traveled mainly in the Grodno region. Lukashenko spoke about the state of Russian-Belarusian relations, the Belaruskali case, and called the Russian oligarchs with his last words. In addition, he said that he was offered a bribe of $ 5 billion, and he personally gave instructions to kill people on the Moscow-Berlin highway. The apotheosis was the statement of claims to the Kaliningrad region.

The press conference began quite favorably. First of all, the Belarusian leader said that in the conditions of the economic crisis, Minsk and Moscow should stick together. In addition, personal relations between the Belarusian and Russian leaders remain, according to Lukashenko, friendly, despite the difficulties and problems.

At the same time, Lukashenko is perplexed that the Russian government has postponed the meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State because of the potash case of Suleiman Kerimov. "The Allied Council of Ministers, which was supposed to be in September, was canceled by your government. They say that Kerimov was also offended by others. If this is the reason, then we will wait."

Lukashenka dwelled on the situation around Belaruskali in detail. According to him, influential Russian oligarchs at one time approached him with a proposal to sell the company. “There was even such an offer that they were offering: give $ 10 billion to the state for a block of shares, and $ 5 billion to you personally. Such proposals do not pass."

Lukashenko said that the accusation was reclassified to the general director of Uralkali, Vladislav Baumgertner: “The accusation - embezzlement, was reclassified for him. It precipitated. He had committed a crime. You could say, "Give it to the Russians, we'll figure it out ourselves." Please - take Chaika (Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation), come with him tomorrow and according to the law, we have one, you take him to his cell and conduct an investigation, we will help you."

The journalists were not satisfied with the short answer and Lukashenko gave another batch of revelations on the potash case: “Then you will ask a question about either Baum, or Gertner, or a tree, or a garden - this Russian person,” Lukashenko interrupted the journalist.

Prior to Suleiman Kerimov, Lukashenko was in contact with another Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev on the potash issue. The latter, according to Lukashenko, honestly worked and cried (!) At a meeting with the head of the Belarusian state after he sold his shares in Uralkali, because “they drove over and strangled him.” Instead of Rybolovlev, Kerimov appeared in Minsk. “I would lock Kerimov in a cell for one night. The next day he would have sold all his shares for 12-13 billion - now this is the value of Uralkali … I can even find a buyer. And send this money to people,”the Belarusian leader suggested.

Lukashenka also told about how he gave instructions to destroy people. “When I became president, the Soviet Union only collapsed, and the worst problem was: a transit country, security had to be ensured. They come to me, report: they stop cars, kill drivers, take the cars. We gathered several groups, took "cool" cars and set traps on the route from your border to Brest. All those who resisted from the bandits were shot on the spot: three groups of them were destroyed. And the fourth was gone, and everything is still quiet and calm."

On Friday, the Belarusian president did not hide his enthusiasm for the appearance of children with Alla Pugacheva: “What a fine fellow! Twins! You have no idea how happy it is to have children at that age. I represent. Because I have a baby at that age. "At the same time, Lukashenka told about how he puts his son Kolya to bed: “Every evening, when I have to put my baby to bed, he says to me:“So, you can't watch TV, you tell me a story. How, again about the war? " - "Again about the war." I no longer have these stories: every evening - about the war. About Stalin, about Hitler, how they planned this operation. Kid, third grade - about the war and about the war for a whole year."

The apotheosis of Lukashenko's reasoning was his report on negotiations with Vladimir Putin on the fate of the Kaliningrad region. “I often say - give us the Kaliningrad region. We will plow every hectare, every hundred square meters of land there and make it a flourishing land,” Lukashenka said. "I believe that this is our land. In a good sense of the word. I do not pretend to take Kaliningrad back tomorrow, but if it would be possible, then with pleasure," the president said.

“Recently, Putin and I flew in a helicopter in Kaliningrad. I see, you don’t plow the land. In the Soviet Union we were the best, there was a prosperous land. I say to Vladimir Vladimirovich: listen, give these and these lands back. we will be engaged in agricultural business, "the head of the Belarusian state continued. "We will connect the Grodno region. This is a strong agricultural area. They will quickly plow up, sow and even build dairy complexes in your Kaliningrad region. They will produce milk and sell it to Lithuania," Lukashenko said.

“Yes, there was such a conversation, and Putin supported me in this regard. It was not for nothing that we recently“fought”there in the Kaliningrad region (the joint Belarusian-Russian exercise“West-2013”-“MK”). Therefore, hence my position, and let Lithuanians do not take offense at me, they should know this, the President of Belarus noted.

As a result, we can say that everyone got from Lukashenka, except for his youngest son Kolya and Vladimir Putin. Russian oligarchs - for greed, bandits - for banditry, Belarusians - for laziness, officials - for corruption.

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