Opinions & Interviews
Ioffe: The West sees Belarusian President through the prism of cliches and stereotypes
The West underestimates Alexander Lukashenko as a political leader, said Grigory Ioffe. "Alexander Lukashenko is often underestimated. He is not very well understood in view of the specific situation in Belarus,” noted the Professor.
According to him, the Western society needs to move away from the emotional and biased evaluations. As for the situation in Belarus, it is a relatively small state, which is located between the EU and Russia, between the two power centers, said Grigory Ioffe. Moreover, as a country with an open economy, Belarus seeks to trade both with the East and the West, he added.
Grigory Ioffe stressed that opinion polls show that the Belarusians, as compared with Russians and Ukrainians, demonstrate greater confidence in the future and show a higher degree of confidence in the government institutions.
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