{"id":2145,"date":"2023-08-19T21:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T18:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=2145"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"regime-copies-russias-party-system-prepares-for-merger-politician","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/2145\/","title":{"rendered":"Regime copies Russia&#8217;s party system, prepares for merger \u2013 politician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 19,&nbsp;<em>BPN.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;An exiled Belarusian opposition politician has said that the regime is closing down opposition&nbsp;parties to reproduce the Russian party system and prepare for a merger with Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, who heads the Polish-based National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM), said that the pattern for the new system will be&nbsp;the Russian State Duma, where most seats belong to the ruling United Russia, and the remaining seats are mostly distributed between the loyalist Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, and A Just Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Belarusian culture minister did not mention smaller Russian parties in his video statement yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian officials have recently registered the Bie\u0142aja Ru\u015b party, which&nbsp;supports the country&#8217;s authoritarian leader Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, as a well as&nbsp;the Communists, Liberal Democrats, and Laborites, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The total reproduction of Russia&#8217;s party system in Belarus has a goal of uniting all these parties under one umbrella in the future, a &#8216;union parliament,'&#8221; he claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, in his opinion, the regime has laid&nbsp;the groundwork for Russia to absorb Belarus through parties, in addition to stifling dissent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February, \u0141uka\u0161enka required all political parties to reregister within six months, after which the Supreme Court has dissolved multiple alternative alliances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pundits expect only three or four hand-picked pro-government parties to survive the clampdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 19,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;An exiled Belarusian opposition politician has said that the regime is closing down opposition&nbsp;parties to reproduce the Russian party system and prepare for a merger with Russia. 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