{"id":130039,"date":"2025-03-14T18:29:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130039\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"pundit-lukasenka-wrong-to-underestimate-europe","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130039\/","title":{"rendered":"Pundit: \u0141uka\u0161enka wrong to underestimate Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 14, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka’s radical remarks about Europe were a key takeaway from his news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin held in Moscow yesterday, historian and political analyst Alexander Friedman has told Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In his view, Europe is no longer a serious player, which is why he voiced his dream of the United States reaching an agreement with Russia and China,” Friedman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“\u0141uka\u0161enka has become so convinced of this idea that he allows himself to make clearly obnoxious, unnecessary obnoxious statements on Europe. But he is mistaken to completely underestimate Europe,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka told reporters yesterday that “if Russia reaches an agreement with the US, then Europe and Ukraine will be utterly finished.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friedman said that \u0141uka\u0161enka’s key talking point in Moscow was that Ukraine will not agree to a ceasefire with Russia. The expert pointed out that the Belarusian leader had said it even before his meeting with Putin and the news conference, noting that \u0141uka\u0161enka just played a role in the Kremlin\u2019s propaganda show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the analyst, Moscow treats \u0141uka\u0161enka like a “younger brother from a province.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Here comes this relative. He has special needs but is a good, simple man. You don’t need to write texts for him because he always says what you wish. He acts within the imposed framework without crossing the ‘red lines.’ That was noticeable during the news conference yesterday, as \u0141uka\u0161enka spoke in his usual rude manner and the Russian elite sat and smiled indulgently,” Friedman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expert said that \u0141uka\u0161enka enjoys being in the spotlight. “He did it yesterday, he is doing it today and he may continue to play this role when he returns to Minsk,” he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What \u0141uka\u0161enka said about Europe<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian leader mocked France’s proposal to extend the protection of its nuclear arsenal to its EU allies, noting that France can hardly protect itself, let alone Europe. “Let them raise their [nuclear] ‘umbrella’ at least over Germany. Or, figuratively speaking, share its nuclear weapons with Germany, their historical arch-enemy,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian ruler also ridiculed the European Commission’s \u20ac800 billion plan to rearm Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (who served as the German defense minister in 2013-2019) “has probably never seen modern weapons like missiles; she has never even seen a normal handgun, but is already thinking globally about weapons and organizing a European army.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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