June 26, analysts of the main Belarusian channel criticized hard the actions of the Russian leadership as well as the Russian media on the eve of the Great Patriotic War. Belarusian TV accused Russia of deliberately ignoring the festivities on June 22, held in Belarus, as well as of plugging the revolution in social networks.
Thus, Belarusian TV discredited Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who, despite the invitation of the Belarusian leadership, had not arrived in Brest on the 70th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War. Though, the Belarusian TV kept it down low that Alexander Lukashenko had also accepted the invitation of Dmitry Medvedev to visit Moscow on June 22.
In addition, special emphasis was placed on the fact that on June 22 the Russian media ignored the commemorative events held to mark the anniversary of the Second World War in Belarus. The official Belarusian television analysts put forward two versions to explain these facts.
«Either this is a new (and perhaps it’s more accurate to say — the old), Russia’s policy towards Belarus, or tradition of military brotherhood, common historical memory, the memory of the Great War is worthless in Moscow,» said Yuri Prokopov in his author’s program «In the center of attention.»
BT Blames Russian Media for Ignoring Commemorative Events in Belarus
According to Yuri Prokopov, instead of covering memorial events, Russian federal TV channels preferred showing the action of the Internet community activists «Revolution through Social Networking.» Yuri Prokopov makes emphasis that the unauthorized protest rally, which took place on June 22 in all regions of Belarus, had been launched in Russia’s social network and advertised on the Russian Internet sites and by the Russian media.
According to Yuri Prokopov, this involves an «oligarchic Russia,» which «tries to use the difficult economic situation in Belarus to buy cheap property.»
Analysts of the main channel of the country are convinced that such coverage of the Belarusian reality is directly sanctioned by the Russian government.
«The reason for all this is obvious — to show the events in Brest, which is to show President Lukashenko. To show festivities in Brest means to show thousands of different people: the veterans and youngsters who do not attend the squares, but love their country and honor our collective memory. To show festivities in Brest means to show that there is no confusion in Belarus, that the country is unified and that we’ll overcome any crisis and win, the way our ancestors defeated the fascist scum. This does not coincide with the order from above. Russian political technologists and high officials have written the only prescription for their media with regard to Belarus, which is either bad or anything,» said Yuri Prokopov.
