Russian State Duma Communists Stood up for Lukashenko

Another member of the Communist faction Viktor Ilyukhin had also previously spoken against the issue inclusion on the agenda, expressing concern that such a hasty discussion of the topic could affect the Russian-Belarusian relations, «RIA Novosti«.

State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov said that he was familiar with the project document. «This statement is directed to strengthen these relations,» politician assured.

Opportunistic Interests Shouldn’t Drive a Wedge into the Two Nations Union,  Deputies of the Russian Federation

«Opportunistic political interests, which started to prevail during the election campaign outbreak in Belarus, should not undermine the allied strategic relations between Russia and Belarus, or drive a wedge into a close alliance of the two fraternal peoples,» as noted in the draft declaration of the State Duma, IA «REGNUM-Belarus»reports.

MPs express concern over the recent Russian-Belarusian situation. «Anti-Russian rhetoric used by the current leadership of the Republic of Belarus, goes against the general historical destiny of the Russian and Belarusian peoples, contrary to the prevailing spirit of the ancient cultural and economic ties, our way of life and thinking,» the parliamentarians note.

Russian lawmakers pay attention to the strategic objectives, common for Russia and Belarus, and this «imposes certain responsibility on states, particularly for the efficiency and the development of integration processes within CIS, CSTO, EurAsEC, Customs Union.» «Russia used to be a staunch supporter of the union construction, so it is nowadays. There’s no reasonable alternative,» the draft statement says.

Russian parliamentarians support the position, expressed on this occasion by the president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. Thus, the State Duma statement continues information attack on the leadership of Belarus, launched by the publication of «anti-Belarusian message» in the video block of the Russian Federation head.