Putin talks Belarus future with EU leaders | DW News

Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Wednesday urged the European Union not to recognize the results of disputed residential elections that have led to daily demonstrations in Belarus. The appeal came as leaders of the 27 EU member countries prepared to hold an emergency summit on the unrest.
Belarus has been rocked by mass protests since authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory in elections on August 9. The opposition accuses the 65-year-old of rigging the vote to secure a sixth term after 26 years in power. Protesters are calling for him to step down and for new elections to be held.
According to experts Vladimir Putin's Russia isn't pinning its hopes on the weakened autocrat, but on the fact that Belarus is and remains a pro-Russia country. They believe the Kremlin wouldn't mind a change in government, as long as it doesn't involve an abrupt turn toward the West, the EU or NATO.

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[grokeffer]

Good Luck and Best Wishes to the people of Belarus. I hope everything turns out well for them.

[我愛台灣我爱台湾]

Good luck Belarusians. From Taiwan, strong support for all brave and free Belarusians.

[chrisleung]

Support Beralus people fight for freedom

[lmd]

Good job to the people of Belarus 🇧🇾 fight for your freedoms!!

[ianstobie]

DW's headline is misleading. It suggests Putin is open to co-operation with the EU over some change in Belarus, but that is not what the report itself says. Not exactly clickbait, just sloppy journalism.

[timmo]

I was in Belarus for 2 months before Corona, one of my fav countries.
from Australia

[el_naif]

If Putin happens to join the Tsikhanouskaya camp, he will strongly hold Belarus for the next decades. Let’s hope he learned from his disastrous recent experience in Ukraine.

[TravisJones]

If the opposition loses now, 'Batko' is going to hurt a lot of people a lot more when the world is no longer paying attention.

[Georgije]

I hope the people of Belarus will be able to freely choose their new leaders. I think Russia and the EU should cooperate to help them in the transition, it doesn't have to be an "us versus them" situation like in the Ukraine. In the end the people must decide for themselves.

[john_squatson]

As someone who lived in Belarus for the past 3 years, this is not absolutely not a result of EU meddling. There is simply no support for Lukashenko inside Belarus, aside from military and police. And the last elections were BLATANTLY falsified, which resulted in angry demonstrations.

[TrueChell]

Down with dictators! Down with authoritarianism! Down with regimes of terror!
Down with lukashenko!

[ahmedabakar]

God bless Belarus from a dectatership regim
From Sudan Africa 🌍

[tomsall]

No one should interfere in others countries domestic politics.why Europe and America always destabilized people's countries and tell them who should lead them

[BreadWinner]

She looks like Rey in Star Wars. May the force be with her

[peacewillow]

america should take note:
revolutions only work when ALL the people join forces against a common foe.
sending blessings that they succeed. 💕

[Cameronnp]

For belarus 🇧🇾 democratic.
Remove greedy and old and unfair president.
Go for everlasting democratic

[vpremeru]

Excellent bureau chief, concise and thorough report!

[chamleon]

The democracies finally have to stand their ground and fight the dictators!

[MADMETHOD]

and just like that, corona is forgotten.

[siyawashnishat]

Well done Western Europe for standing against Russia.