Russia killed Lukashenko’s only link with West: Piontkovsky on death of Belarus foreign minister

This was stated by political scientist Andrey Piontkovsky on Espreso TV.

He noted that Vladimir Makei was hated by the entire Putin regime and it was obvious who benefited from the minister's death.

"He was the only channel, the only window of Lukashenko to the West. And, as is now very actively discussed in the Russian public, not only to the West, he also conducted negotiations with China on Lukashenko's behalf. Lukashenko was very jealous of Tokayev, who in fact had already received guarantees of territorial integrity from China. He was trying to achieve the same thing, of course, which created a frenzy in the Kremlin. And you remember, this sequence of events, it seems like a day or two before Makei's assassination, and I understand that very well, information from American intelligence was leaked that an assassination attempt on Lukashenko is being prepared. This was an assassination attempt on Lukashenko, they killed what scared them most in his regime. This is his Western or even Chinese vector of Belarusian foreign policy," the political scientist emphasized .

According to Andrey Piontkovsky, now the self-proclaimed president of Belarus is a complete hostage of Vladimir Putin, for whom these crimes do not serve any specific purpose. The political scientist added that Vladimir Makei and Alexander Lukashenko annoyed the President of the Russian Federation with their reluctance to enter into a direct war against Ukraine.

"And even now, well, what can Putin do now that Lukashenko is completely helpless. By the way, either today or in the coming days, Lukashenko will be in Moscow, he was summoned by the khan, as was the case with the Golden Horde. He can twist his hands and force to give the order to the Belarusian army, or he can replace him, appoint another person," he noted.