"It's Impossible To Imagine A Scene Like That With Lukashenko"
- 17.07.2026, 8:56
The dictator is indifferent to the fate of the Belarusian people.
The most striking image from his trip to Asia could have looked quite different, writes “Solidarnast”.
July 2. Lukashenko visits Myanmar, where he holds talks with the local “president”—who is, in fact, the head of the military junta Min Aung Hlaing. The actual content of their conversation remains a mystery.
July 8. Russian citizen Anna L. tells Russian media that a few days earlier, a young woman from Belarus was a young woman from Belarus had been freed from an online fraud center in Myanmar a few days earlier. She is currently at an immigration center in Myawaddy (on the border between Myanmar and Thailand) along with a group of freed Chinese citizens and is “in contact with the Belarusian Embassy in Vietnam.”
Now imagine this.
A live broadcast shows Lukashenko’s plane landing at Minsk Airport. A boarding ramp is being rolled up to the jet. The ruler emerges from the door, limping slightly. And following him—no, not his son Kolya. Nor his Spitz, Umka. Nor the people from the leader’s inner circle who do not hold government posts but wield real power.
Behind Lukashenko appear... several Belarusian citizens freed from captivity in Myanmar.
Even the regime’s harshest critics fall silent. Because human life is priceless.
A post is gaining popularity on social media: “The old man is certainly getting on our nerves, pulling off shady schemes even in Myanmar now, but at least he hasn’t forgotten about the citizens of his own country.”
Comments note: Lukashenko has finally gotten down to business; thanks to his connections with the junta, he secured the release of Belarusians who had fallen into the hands of scammers. And, according to the media, there are quite a few of them there. One need only recall last year’s story about the disappearance in Myanmar of 26-year-old Minsk resident Vera Kravtsova.
So, after facing relentless criticism over the cost of his business trips, the president is proving everyone wrong by showing that his flights to Asia weren’t in vain…
Can you picture that? Neither can I.
I simply cannot picture Lukashenko as a man who is genuinely concerned about the fates of Belarusian citizens who hold no personal interest for him.
Even though such behavior is the norm for the authorities in many countries. Politicians around the world take pride in their role in securing the release of their compatriots. These tangible achievements, which everyone can understand, stay with them for the rest of their lives.
At times, the level of attention paid to the fates of their own citizens is striking.
The Swiss authorities secured the release of Natalia Hershe, who was imprisoned in Belarus for political reasons, even though she had lived in that country for less than half her life.
The U.S. secured the release of Vitaly Shklyarov, Yuri Zenkovich, and other U.S. citizens who were not native-born Americans.
Lukashenko, however, judging by what we see, doesn’t care about his own people.