Vitaly Portnikov: "On the border of collapse"

"The FSB director Alexander Bortnikov set an end to the existence of a non -existent one. After the decision of the chief 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," the observer writes in the publication on the Brani.ru website.

“But in fairness it is necessary to say that the decision to eliminate this attribute was still not Bortnikov. Moscow simply responded to the decision of Alexander Lukashenko to grant the right to visa -free citizens of 80 countries, including the European Union, USA and Canada. And if there are no checks on the border, it turns out that the person who flew to Minsk may literally be in Russia in its territory, to be in its territory, to be in its territory. A few days and then just fly away from Minsk. "

"This decree was signed for the sake of a single goal - the designation of the state border of the Republic of Belarus. But not Belarusians, but by the Russians should indicate this border.

In this sense, the Decree of Lukashenko is comparable to another historical document - by the decree of the third president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko on the provision of a visa -free regime to citizens of almost the same countries that are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. "

“We can say that Yushchenko’s decree, which caused the same irritation 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 speak of 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 to recreate the Soviet Union, but even create a myth of the possibility of its reconstruction. ”

"... The Union State of Russia and Belarus was considered in Moscow as the first step towards the return of a 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. "