POLL! Is Lukasenka a dictator or not?

[Blondie]

LUKASENKO and not lukasenka,

Lukasenko in russian language and Lukasenka in belorussian language, both are correct.

[Rumata]

Actually, it's 'sh'. Lukashenko both in Ukrainian and Russian (the surname is Ukrainian). In Belarussian it's just written as it sounds - Lukashenka.

[Mingle]

Anyway Belarus doesn't build migrant camps on its territory like for example the poor Bosnia does just because it was commanded to do so.

Bosnia is in the middle of EU territory and has lots of migrants passing through it from it's eastern neighbors (since SE Europe borders Asia).

Belarus was never told anything in regards to making migrant camps (unlike Bosnia) and no migrant would think about traveling such a distance all the way to the third (or fourth?) poorest country in Europe.

But either way, if some leftist pro-western politician replaces Lukashenko, then Belarus still won't be getting non-European immigrants. Even many countries part of the EU (such as Latvia or Estonia) much richer than Belarus don't get non-European immigration so I'm not sure why you want to portray this issue as something relevant to Belarus. There are other social issues that are far more important.

[kundur]

Yesterday Kyiv fell. It looks like Minsk is now under siege. If Minsk falls too; Smolensk and Moskva are set to be next.
Russians obviously have to deal with a Catholic onslaught once every century (see Napoleon and Hitler).

However, it is hard to have Russia fall now.
Russia does not depend on EU that much anymore. In 2019, China has surpassed the EU and has become Russia's main trade partner for the first time.

There is the Anglo sphere factor. Anglo sphere could have taken down Russia in 1990's but did not proceed.
Russia is a strategically important country, having a key role in the balance. If Russian state is gone, the monitoring hammer on the "Central Europeans" (read Catholics) would be gone, it would be too risky for Anglos, not to mention UK got rid of both France (Napoleon) and Germany (Hitler) threats thanks to Russian alliance. Beside, in other regions there would problems too. China would annex anything until Ural mountains, and you would also Wahhabist Jihadi emirates popping up in Northern Caucasus.
We can guess that US and UK would like to see a weak Russia, but not one which is completely gone.

For all these reasons, I think that those protests won't bring anything. If behind doors it is Russia in reality which tries to get rid of Lukashenko, it is another story.

[Universe]

Actually, it's 'sh'. Lukashenko both in Ukrainian and Russian (the surname is Ukrainian). In Belarussian it's just written as it sounds - Lukashenka.

Lukashenka is weird af. It sounds feminine to me.

[Jana]

I wonder if laws enabled Belarusians, Russians and Ukrainians to migrate to Western/Southern Europe the way it enables Bulgarians, Romanians, Hungarians, Poles etc. How many east slavs would be in Western Europe? Just curious, not attacking them or anything.

There are 2 millions Ukrainian immigrants in Poland only. Italy is also full of them.

[Universe]

There are 2 millions Ukrainian immigrants in Poland only. Italy is also full of them.

There are barely any Russians and Belarusians though, especially considering how large population they are. Germany has sizeable Russian community but I think they're mostly descendants of German immigrants to Russia.

[Blondie]

There are 2 millions Ukrainian immigrants in Poland only. Italy is also full of them.

There are many in Hungary too.

[Blondie]

There are barely any Russians and Belarusians though, especially considering how large population they are. Germany has sizeable Russian community but I think they're mostly descendants of German immigrants to Russia.

I doubt these russian germans have pure german ancestry, just like danube swabians also not pure.

[Universe]

I doubt these russian germans have pure german ancestry, just like danube swabians also not pure.

Yes, I know many if not most are mixed. Some are even mixed with kazakhs.