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"en.20041028.5.4-112"2
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There are, in Belarus, two sharply divergent conceptions of what the country is. One third of the population sees itself as a border territory on Russia west, sharing with it a language, culture and religion. Being on the connection routes with the EU countries, they regard their area as more important than other parts of Russia. They see their current President, Lukashenko, as guaranteeing stability and minimum living conditions amidst the confusion of their neighbouring countries. Another third of the population sees Belarus as a state with its own language and culture, a buffer state between Poland and Russia, and as capable of joining the EU. Supporters of this approach are meeting with the utmost opposition from the present regime, which sabotages organisations, newspapers, protests, minority religions, education in their own language and opposition parties’ election campaigns in every way it can, and those who fall victim to this see their country as a dictatorship. Between those two opinions, there is another group without any strong views, which offers no resistance. Lukashenko wants to remain in power and, alongside Putin, play an important role in a Greater Russia. As it is only by oppressing others that he can do this, it is justified that plans, developed in Poland and Lithuania, for radio programmes and education, organised from abroad, in Belarussian should receive support from the whole of the EU."@en1
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