Putin will not go to Belarusian Grodno/EPA
Vladimir Putin has decided to cancel his trip to Belarusian Grodno. The Russian dictator did not go to the city, less than two dozen kilometers from the border with Poland.
Alexander Lukashenko announced the relevant information during a meeting with Putin. It happened on June 25.
Putin canceled a trip to the Belarusian city near the Polish border
During the meeting, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus said that together with Putin they would take part in the Forum of Regions in Grodno in the form of a videoconference.
We will discuss the issue of holding the Forum of Regions. I think that we, as usual, will participate in it in the form of a videoconference. Let's turn. This forum is held by parliamentarians – the upper houses of parliaments in our country and in Russia. They are well organized and will hold a very good forum in Grodno,” Lukashenka said.
It is worth recalling that this trip was already announced in the Kremlin earlier. In particular, on June 20, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that Putin would arrive in Belarusian Grodno on June 30.
However, two days later, Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov began to say that Vladimir Putin's participation remains in doubt .
Feygin suggested the reason for Putin's trip to Grodno
Russian human rights activist Mark Feigin said that Vladimir Putin had to go to Grodno to finally convince Alexander Lukashenko to invade Ukraine.
That's why he goes there. But I don’t know how Lukashenka will react,” Feygin explained.
It should be noted that this was supposed to be Putin’s first trip abroad since the start of the full-scale war he started in Ukraine.
Latest news about the meeting between Putin and Lukashenko
- Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko met in Russia. On the night of June 25, Lukashenko arrived in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- During this meeting, Putin and Lukashenko, among other things, discussed “ensuring world security” through the possibility of providing Belarus with nuclear weapons. Putin promised to help Lukashenka with nuclear weapons. In particular, to provide a batch of Iskander-M complexes, which can launch both conventional missiles and use nuclear weapons. However, the potential possibility of such a decision was discussed.
- In addition, at this meeting, Putin promised to inform Lukashenka about the war in Ukraine. He also said that there are problems. Nevertheless, they are connected with “ensuring security in the region and the world as a whole.”
- In addition, Lukashenka called Kaliningrad's isolation by Lithuania a virtual declaration of war. Lithuania decided to stop the transit of Russian goods that fell under EU sanctions, so they will be partially banned by the railway to Kaliningrad and the region.
