{"id":109674,"date":"2024-10-16T14:02:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T11:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109674\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"polish-diplomat-lukasenka-complained-of-brazen-russian-leaders-in-2002","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109674\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish diplomat: \u0141uka\u0161enka complained of brazen Russian leaders in 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 16, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka criticized Russian leaders as “brazen people without conscience” in 2002, Mariusz Maszkiewicz, a former Polish ambassador to Belarus, recalled during an online meeting hosted by Belarusian Free University yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Maszkiewicz was completing his stint in Minsk 22 years ago, he met \u0141uka\u0161enka who was furious after Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had invited Belarus to join the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly before their meeting, Putin had rejected the Belarusian ruler\u2019s request for economic concessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to understand what we want and what our partners want. Flies are separate and cutlets are separate,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u0141uka\u0161enka was so angry that he wanted to demonstrate that he could be friends with Poland. That is why he agreed to meet me,\u201d Maszkiewicz said, noting that \u0141uka\u0161enka even called him a friend of Belarus although the envoy had a reputation as a critic of the Belarusian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, at the time, Minsk accused Warsaw of aggressive intentions towards Belarus and bilateral relations started deteriorating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maszkievicz said that he had suggested that Belarus follow Russia\u2019s lead in following through with market-oriented reforms, but \u0141uka\u0161enka retorted that the ambassador did not know \u201cwho is Putin\u201d and that he would see who he is in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Maszkievicz, the Belarusian strongman made it clear that he did not trust the Russian leaders and described them as brazen Federal Security Service (FSB) people without conscience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 16, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka criticized Russian leaders as “brazen people without conscience” in 2002, Mariusz Maszkiewicz, a former Polish ambassador to Belarus, recalled during an online meeting hosted by Belarusian Free University yesterday. As Maszkiewicz was completing his stint in Minsk 22 years ago, he met \u0141uka\u0161enka who was furious after Russian Prime Minister […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":109623,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-109674","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPolish diplomat: \u0141uka\u0161enka complained of brazen Russian leaders in 2002 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 16, Pozirk. 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