Surikov: “The Union of Russia and Belarus is a Fundamental Phenomenon”

For the Russian party the victory of Alexander Lukashenko on presidential elections on December 19 in Belarus was expected, Russian Ambassador said on December 23 in Minsk.“Expected elections, expected victory of Alexander Lukashenko. You have to understand it, if you look at the electoral field in Belarus, - Alexander Surikov, Russian Federation Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador in the Republic of Belarus reported, - pensioners, the rural population, army, law-enforcement system - it is about 55-57% of the voters. We can add some of the votes from a part of workers, intellectuals, young people, representatives of small businesses and so on. We expected far beyond 70% of the votes, and so it happened.""Everything was clear from the very beginning judging the results of the elections - A. Surikov said. - It was clear, and opposition candidates from the beginning absolutely understood it. And from the beginning the main bet of the opposition was made on the demonstration. ""They (the representatives of the opposition, note by Soyuz.by) understood that they can not win, and there was an attempt to hold a variant of the" yellow "," orange ", whatever you call it (the revolution, note by Soyuz.by). And most importantly, they wanted to be noted as members of the West where elections in Belarus are not recognized ", - Mr. Ambassador said. "So we all understand, and can sympathize with people who have suffered as a result of this" - said Alexander Surikov.

For the Russian party the victory of Alexander Lukashenko on presidential elections on December 19 in Belarus was expected, Russian Ambassador said on December 23 in Minsk.“Expected elections, expected victory of Alexander Lukashenko. You have to understand it, if you look at the electoral field in Belarus, - Alexander Surikov, Russian Federation Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador in the Republic of Belarus reported, - pensioners, the rural population, army, law-enforcement system - it is about 55-57% of the voters. We can add some of the votes from a part of workers, intellectuals, young people, representatives of small businesses and so on. We expected far beyond 70% of the votes, and so it happened.""Everything was clear from the very beginning judging the results of the elections - A. Surikov said. - It was clear, and opposition candidates from the beginning absolutely understood it. And from the beginning the main bet of the opposition was made on the demonstration. ""They (the representatives of the opposition, note by Soyuz.by) understood that they can not win, and there was an attempt to hold a variant of the" yellow "," orange ", whatever you call it (the revolution, note by Soyuz.by). And most importantly, they wanted to be noted as members of the West where elections in Belarus are not recognized ", - Mr. Ambassador said. "So we all understand, and can sympathize with people who have suffered as a result of this" - said Alexander Surikov.