{"id":522682,"date":"2026-03-04T11:28:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=522682"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:35:08","slug":"invest-in-society-not-in-lukashenka-latushka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/invest-in-society-not-in-lukashenka-latushka","title":{"rendered":"Invest In Society, Not In Lukashenka \u2014 Latushka"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pavel Latushka<\/b>, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, said that investments and dialogue should be directed toward Belarusian society rather than Alyaksandr Lukashenka<\/strong>. He made the remarks during the discussion \u201cEurope Against Russia: What Will the Future Be?\u201d held as part of the 11th European Congress of Local Governments in Miko\u0142ajki, Poland.<\/p>\n

According to Latushka, Belarus\u2019 European neighbors should decide what kind of country they want Belarus to be. If Poland is interested in an independent and democratic Belarus, a specific strategy should be developed. Within such a strategy, Latushka considers the struggle for Belarusian society to be a top priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat should it be like? As President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> rightly said: Europe\u2019s security border should run along the eastern border of Belarus. Investments in this can take many forms, but first and foremost there is now a struggle for society,\u201d<\/i> he said, as cited by the United Transitional Cabinet.<\/p>\n

Latushka stressed that it is important to invest in the information sphere. At present, however, the European Union is doing too little to ensure that Belarusians side with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very important to invest in the information sphere so that tomorrow a Russian soldier \u2014 or even worse, a Belarusian in a Russian uniform \u2014 does not stand at the border. I believe that every European country that is now investing in security at the border is acting correctly. But the European Union is not investing enough to ensure that Belarusians are favorable toward the EU, while Russia is investing hundreds of times more to make them hostile toward Europe.<\/i><\/p>\n

Investments should be made in society, not in Lukashenka. Dialogue should be conducted with society,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

Latushka noted that the Belarusian economy is experiencing difficulties. Against this background, Alyaksandr Lukashenka is seeking opportunities for contact with Europe, but he should receive clear conditions from the EU.<\/p>\n

\u201cLukashenka\u2019s economy is currently in a very poor state, and he is looking for opportunities for contacts with Europe. But he must receive a clear answer: if you want to reach an agreement with Europe, you must first reach an agreement with the Belarusian people \u2014 to sit down at a round table, as happened in Poland. We must force him to make society a subject within the state. If society is not a subject, you may rely on Lukashenka as much as you like \u2014 he guarantees nothing and will carry out orders from the Kremlin,\u201d<\/i> he said.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet also emphasized that Lukashenka is not a guarantor of Belarus\u2019 independence because he has completely \u201csold foreign policy.\u201d<\/i> According to Latushka, Belarus also lacks an independent military policy, since support for Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine and the organization of hybrid warfare against neighboring countries do not correspond to the interests of the Belarusian people.<\/p>\n

During the discussion, Latushka also stressed that Belarusians are a European nation, which makes it important to preserve ties between the people and Europe: issuing more visas, reopening border crossings, and more actively implementing programs to support civil society.<\/p>\n

He also noted the importance of holding Lukashenka accountable for aggression against Ukraine, the deportation of Ukrainian children and crimes against humanity committed against the Belarusian people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pavel Latushka, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, said that investments and dialogue should be directed toward Belarusian society rather than Alyaksandr Lukashenka. He made the remarks during the discussion \u201cEurope Against Russia: What Will the Future Be?\u201d held as part of the 11th European Congress of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":522681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69a7fcd28ff19.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Invest In Society, Not In Lukashenka \u2014 Latushka"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}