{"id":182029,"date":"2026-04-02T13:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182029\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:46:40","slug":"opposition-leader-integration-with-russia-undermines-belarus-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182029\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader: integration with Russia undermines Belarus\u2019 sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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April 2, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka isolates Belarus and clings to Moscow as his last lifeline by selling off Belarus\u2019 sovereignty, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said as Minsk celebrates what it calls the day of unity of Belarus and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The date is \u201cperhaps the most cynical so-called holiday,\u201d she said, referring to April 2, which marks 30 years since the signing of the treaty between Belarus and Russia that launched the integration process leading to the establishment of their Union State in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proclaimed \u201cunity\u201d masks the gradual erosion of Belarusian identity and independence, the politician said on her Telegram channel. \u201cIn the Kremlin, they keep repeating the same line: \u2018We are one people.\u2019 But apparently, they mean specifically \u2018Russian,\u2019\u201d Cichano\u016dskaja said. \u201cTo them, the Belarusian language is just a dialect of Russian, and our unique culture. . . is reduced to a minor footnote in their rewritten, universal narrative of a \u2018great and Russian\u2019 world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia\u2019s widespread presence in Belarus reflects the price Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has paid from Belarusian resources over three decades to stay in power, rather than a gesture of friendship, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBelarusians choose a different path,\u201d Cichano\u016dskaja stressed in a post on X. \u201cOur unity is with Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine and all who stand for freedom. We will not stop fighting for our future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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