On the border of collapse

FSB director Alexander Bortnikov set an end to the existence of a non -existent one. After the decision of the main security officer of Russia, one of the last attributes of Russian-Belarusian integration disappeared to establish a border zone on the border of Russia and Belarus.

But in fairness, it must be said that the decision to eliminate this attribute was still made by Bortnikov. Moscow simply reacted to the decision of Alexander Lukashenko to grant the right to visa -free entry to citizens of 80 countries, including the EU states, the USA and Canada. And if there are no checks on the border, it turns out that the person who flew to Minsk may literally find himself in Russia a few hours later, to stay on its territory for several days and then just fly away from Minsk. Such a "Schengen" from Alexander Grigoryevich.

In this case, the role of the consular departments of the embassies of Russia, all this multi -stage inspection system with the participation of the Orls of Comrade Bortnikov, remains unclear. Although why unclear - she will not have any role in this case. Of course, Russian special services can hope that Belarusians - at least for now - will not let citizens from the Russian "Black List". The trouble is that this "black list" cannot be added all of Europe, States and Canada.

To claim that Lukashenko did not understand this and signed his decree on a visa -free regime just like that, for the sake of caring for tourism, I would not. Already in what, and in hardware games, Alexander Grigoryevich understands better than many. His decree is in no way connected with tourism - Belarus is clearly not the center of European interest - not with business - who want to invest in its still Soviet economy, and these few visa problems have never had. This decree is signed for the sake of a single goal - designating the state border of the Republic of Belarus. But not Belarusians should designate this border, but by Russians.

In this sense, the Decree of Lukashenko is comparable to another historical document - by the decree of the third president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko on the provision of a visa -free regime to citizens of almost the same countries that are mentioned in the decision of the Belarusian president. Yushchenko signed this decree almost immediately after taking office. Yes, he did not need to denote the border - Russia with Ukraine was already so. But he needed to indicate the development vector. With this decree, Yushchenko, as it were, equalized Europeans and Americans with Russians, who, since the Soviet era had the right to cross the border of a neighboring country upon presentation of a domestic passport alone.

We can say that the decree of Yushchenko, which caused the same irritation 12 years ago in Moscow as the current decree of Lukashenko, worked. Today, Ukraine is expected to provide a visa -free regime from the European Union - and at the same time they talk about the need to introduce a visa regime for Russians. This is what is called a turn in the right direction.

Lukashenko’s decree - unless its author, as usual, does not turn on the reverse or not overthrow as a result of Russian intervention - will also work. After all, its main meaning is a clear demonstration that it was not possible not to recreate the Soviet Union, but even to create a myth about the possibility of its reconstruction. For more than two decades of “integration”, Russia and Belarus could not at least imitate the level of unification achieved in the European Union, between the countries that were the last time in one state during the time of Karl the Great, and not Gorbachev.

It could not be otherwise. The European Union is based on equal rights and mutual assistance - and as soon as these principles are violated or simply questioned, the crisis immediately begins. And the union state of Russia and Belarus was considered in Moscow as the first step towards the return of the non -impedan neighbor bull to the imperial stall, and in Minsk - as an opportunity to milk the ambitious neighbor Burenka, telling her between milking about love and general roots.

Now, when the milk of the emaciated drill over, the crazy bull is looking at the cattle fatter and wants the old cow to no longer trample on its territory. The state border is only the first line, which will have to finally separate Belarus from Russia. No one is interested in a cow that does not give milk - and even constantly kicks.