Published on April 30, 2024 at 05:18. / Modified on April 30, 2024 at 12:49 pm.
One day, Andrei Kolesnikov, who is perhaps the most outspoken commentator in the exclusive club of the Russian “presidential pool”, explained that to find out what Vladimir Putin really thinks, one must listen to what his most loyal friend – if not a vassal – says – Alexander Lukashenko, in power for almost thirty years in Belarus. And it seems that they were the last to mention these famous Istanbul agreements which, from the spring of 2022, could “end the war”.
Speaking on Russian television on June 14, 2023, the president of Belarus confirmed that the text of this agreement was in his hands – and that it was particularly favorable to the Ukrainian side, according to him. “If the Russians saw it today, they wouldn’t believe it. It was not entirely in their interest. But Moscow said yes,” he continued. According to him, the two sides were about to sign peace when Volodymyr Zelensky backed out at the last minute. “Under pressure from his Western advisers,” he clarified, an explanation that would become the mantra of Russian propaganda.
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2024-04-30 05:43:08
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