Аннотация: Excellent, but slightly controversial, interview with participation of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (dated October 9, 2020). A brief review.
Excellent, but slightly controversial, interview with participation of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (dated October 9, 2020). A brief review.
In miniature '[MDCLXII.] The economic future of Belarus. A forecast." (August 21, 2020) we wrote:
' What awaits Belarus in the West?
The most best option. A developed, economically powerful Belarus becomes part of Europe. This option requires a powerful layer of people of success (like Sergei Korolev, Elon Musk and the similar people), as well as skillful administrators-politicians like Felix Dzerzhinsky and Gleb Krzhizhanovsky ...
But where to find such people of success in modern Belarus?
First, there no possibilities, no spaces, no energies for them - to appear. A bad environment. Secondly, even if they do appear, they have no life perspective ...
So, the option of a strong, economically powerful Belarus (within Europe) is good. But where can be find a sufficient layer of people of success capable of ensuring the harmonious entry of a powerful and influential Belarus into the European family?
A more realistic option is Belarus, which is becoming a secondary, albeit respected, recognized, political element in Western Europe. This option has its pluses and minuses, which we will not descript now. There are more pluses in such perspective, in such variant."
In an interview with participation of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya dated October 9, 2020 (posted on October 12, 2020 at https://news.tut.by/economics/703605.html) we read:
'We will build Belarus in the future, which will be a worthy partner for all countries ... Yes, we will need help in the future to raise the economy, but we have something to offer: we have hardworking people, we have a developed IT sphere, our people have great potential, and they are not given the opportunity to prove himself. We can all see how many initiatives have emerged now - they are just great. We will be able to raise the country on its feet and communicate with everyone on equal terms, not be in constant debt to someone. " [unofficial translation]
At first, when I read these lines, I thought that I was mistaken in my conclusions. Belarus is filled with people of success (like Sergei Korolev, Ilona Mask and others like them), as well as skillful administrators-politicians like Felix Dzerzhinsky and Gleb Krzhizhanovsky ...
But, nevertheless, I began to read the interview of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya more carefully.
"People did not vote for me as the future president, they voted for me as a transitional person who should organize new elections." [unofficial translation]
"And I did not feel the moral right to go out and say: "I am the president", because there is no direct evidence." [unofficial translation]
"I, as political figure, a nothing, except a drop" [unofficial translation] [That is, she is supposedly just a small drop]
"I understand people who say: "President Sviatlana", but I can't call myself that." [unofficial translation]
Panowie! Gentlemen! Milords! No words are!!! ("Ivan nods towards Peter, and Peter nods towards Ivan"?).
Are all these words spoken by the person who won the presidential election?
Who - as the leader of Belarus (or the leader of the Belarusian people) - was accepted, was recognized by the leaders of Europe?
Who operates in the conditions when most European countries do not recognize Lukashenko's victory in the elections in August 2020?
All these words are spoken by the person who was recognized as president-elect in the Resolution of the European Parliament adopted in September 2020 ("18. Expects the Commission, the Member States and the EEAS to provide more exposure and legitimization to the president-elect Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and the National Coordination Council of Belarus initiated by her " ? - https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2020-0272_EN.html [unofficial translation]
The Army is necessary? ('So that later they will say: "here, you declared yourself president, and we are being pressed here, where is your army?'" - an interview with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya).
I don't want to switch to the style of ironic remarks. Offer to wait until they not only recognize and support, but also transfer from hands to hands a ready prosperous Belarus along with a powerful army (and without stubborn Lukashenko)?
The theme of the return of Belarus to Europe has now become one of the central world topics. It is necessary not to limit ourselves to the provincial worldview of worthy, modest (but thinking about themselves a lot) people and to a domestic, a yard level of activity, but to move to the European, to the world political level.
The biography of Thomas Edison involuntarily comes to mind:
"How much would you like to receive for these inventions?" Lefferts asked Edison.
The inventor hesitated to answer, hesitating to name 3 or 5 thousand dollars and fearing that the latter figure might seem too high. After some reflecting, the inventor asked Lefferts to name the amount of the reward. Edison, as he himself later said, 'for the only time in his life almost lost consciousness': when Lefferts offered him an amount of 40 thousand dollars. Edison immediately signed the contract and received a check "(Mikhail Lapirov-Skoblo "Edison" Михаил Лапиров-Скобло 'Эдисон').
With the money received, the young, the entering into life man, Thomas Edison, organized his own workshop, which became a laboratory.
The printing press was invented long before the electrific light bulb. Edison took an active part in the improvement of the electrific light bulb. He became one of the leaders of world electrification.
But mankind had a chance, a possibility to read Thomas Edison's memoirs under the light of tallow candles. In these purported memoirs by Thomas Edison, we could read his descriptions of own insignificance and learn about Edison's belief that there are many energetic and talented people living in the United States.
October 15, 2020 08:37
Translation from Russian into English: October 15, 2020 16:39.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Отличное, но немного противоречивое, интервью Светланы Тихановской (от 9 октября 2020 года). Краткая рецензия'.