“The Union State does not imply surrender of sovereignty. Both sovereignty and independence are the highest value for Belarus. And no one is going to bargain with it. Integration is already so deep between our two countries, and economic in particular, that we can live with it. But you know, What is the question? That the majority of Belarusians do not understand the essence of the Union State, do not understand the essence of integration, what it means, “she said.
The oppositionist believes that “everyone believes that this is not a surrender of sovereignty.”
“Perhaps some kind of closer economic relations. The common currency, of course, is unacceptable for the Belarusians. But if this is a mutually beneficial union, then why not? We do not have any absolutely anti-Russian manifestations. We just want the best for our country. We want so that people are respected, so that they do not spread rot at enterprises, so that there are normal, decent working conditions, “Tikhanovskaya explained.
She also commented on the likely appearance of a union parliament.
“Why? .. It seems to me that there should be a Belarusian parliament. Maybe, as an option, let’s take the European Union as an example – these are dozens of independent states. And there is the European Parliament. Maybe the Russian parliament, the Belarusian parliament. some questions between the two countries, maybe the union parliament. But this is my opinion, “- said Tikhanovskaya.
Tikhanovskaya left Belarus immediately after the presidential elections in August 2020. She claimed that the security forces had forced her to leave the country. The oppositionist said that she offered to choose “between children and prison” and she chose the children by leaving for Lithuania.
Russia and Belarus have been negotiating the creation of the Union State for over 20 years. If the parties agree, economic ties between Moscow and Minsk can strengthen to the level of the European Union or even federal states, noted the Russian media.
At the end of 2018, the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper wrote that at that time, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko was in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to unify legislation with the Russian Federation, the creation of a single parliament, the cabinet of ministers and other authorities, the transition to common symbols and a single currency.
In April 2019, the then Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said that Belarus received offers from Moscow on further integration with Russia within the framework of the Union State.
Lukashenka said that Belarus is not going to enter into the composition of other states, “even fraternal Russia”, and that he does not want to go down in history as the last president of Belarus.
By according to Bloomberg agencyPutin proposed to change the Russian constitution to zero his presidential terms after Lukashenka refused to create the Union State.
On September 9, 2021, Putin and Lukashenko met in Moscow. By after the talks, Putin said that all 28 roadmaps for the integration of the two countries agreed, and allowed the creation union parliament RF and Belarus. The meeting of the Supreme Council of the Union State of the Russian Federation and Belarus, at which these programs will be approved, will take place before the end of the year, the Russian president noted. Lukashenka at the beginning of the meeting expressed expectationsthat this will happen at the end of October.
Also Putin promised Lukashenka not to raise the price of Russian gas for Belarus. It is expected that by the end of 2023 Minsk and Moscow will create a single gas market.
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