Vasil Bykov Presenter Vladimir Baburin Vladimir Baburin: Our guest today is Belarusian writer, winner of the Triumph Prize Vasil Bykov. Vasil Vladimirovich, how do you assess the prospects of the Russian-Belarusian union? Vasil Bykov: Belarus is an authoritarian country. How can they unite? In addition, the economy. The economy of Belarus is entirely socialist, all enterprises there belong to the state.

Russian aviation continues Grozny's bombing. Today, the oil storage strokes were struck, a fire began . The Russian command reports on the capture of the Sharai District of Chechnya and the deposit of air strikes in Itum-Kale, Vedino and Argun. The Chechen field commander Isa Munaev said that this morning 28 Russian troops were killed in Grozny this morning.

Vladimir Baburin: Our guest today is the Belarusian writer, laureate of the Triumph Prize Vasil Bykov. Vasil Vladimirovich, how do you assess the prospects of the Russian-Belarusian Union? Vasil Bykov: Belarus is an authoritarian country. How can they unite? In addition - the economy. The economy of Belarus is entirely socialist, all enterprises belong to the state there.