Oppositional politician Alexander Kozulin in the program devoted to the forthcoming presidential election in Belarus, on the radio station "Echo of Moscow" stated that he wouldn't participate in election campaign. "I am not going to take part in them (elections) for a while. Therefore I don't know, who will be the rivals of whom", Alexander Kozulin said, answering the question of the journalist concerning competitors in presidential election.
«All the matter is that I have rather serious experience. Also I can participate in elections only when I understand that it is really possible to solve any serious questions, to reach result and to make the changes which have ripened in our society», the Belarus politician explained his position.
Also the former BSU rector noticed that if speaking about victory «everyone understands that nowadays authorities haven’t got practically real possibility to gain real victory».
In May Alexander Kozulin declared his intentions to run for president in the future electoral campaign. Answering the question, what influenced him to change sharply his decision to participate in elections, the politician didn’t give a definite answer.