Unexpected night visit: why did Putin actually fly to Belarus?

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Minsk late in the evening of May 23 on an unexpected visit. where he was cordially greeted by the self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. RosSMI reported that the head of the Kremlin will allegedly persuade Lukashenko to take part in exercises on the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons.

However, this is unlikely to be the real goal of the sudden Putin's visit, said 24 Channelpolitical strategist Mikhail Sheitelman. He suggested why the Russian dictator flew to Belarus.

Putin is afraid of his generals

< p>Putin’s next visit to Belarus happened quite unexpectedly at 11 pm. Usually, when Putin goes somewhere, for example, to China, this is announced in advance, and then at night he suddenly comes to Belarus for some reason.

In such a situation it would be strange, if Putin sat quietly in Moscow. Moreover, when he flew to China, it is unclear why he took everyone with him, in particular Shoigu. I think that when they warn him that some action will be taken today, he moves somewhere just in case,” Sheitelman noted.

According to him, Minsk is 100 times safer than the Kremlin. In the case of Prigozhin, it was possible to escape to a bunker, which was guarded by the military, and now the military is the main threat.

As much as Putin can hide from your generals

Perhaps while Putin sits out in Minsk, new changes will occur in Russia, but it is unlikely that they will become known. This whole story about the confrontation will not last forever and means that now there will be a new system of relations.

Or Putin and his new team will cope with this and will quell potential riots or not. It's a matter of weeks. Putin is making such a reform for the first time in all 25 years of his career. This has never happened in the history of modern Russia,” noted the political strategist.

Therefore, it is likely that the Russian president is in Belarus while Moscow is in some kind of acute phase. In his opinion, the coming weeks are decisive for Putin.

With these steps, the dictator crossed out the principle of loyalty to his immediate circle, on which everything in Russia rested for many years. But the question arises whether the dictator will be able to rely on Andrei Belousov and new personnel.

Belousov is not a close person to Putin. The head of the Kremlin really built everything on close people, friends or those with whom he spent his whole life,” added Sheitelman.

Now the model is actually being redrawn. The Russian president decided to build a truly new system, because he thought that he would not win the war with his friends. He needs fanatics instead of friends.

Personnel changes in the Russian Ministry of Defense

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