"Former President of Moldova Igor Dodon came to a meeting with Lukashenko. Olga Prischepchik. May 5, 2021. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko receives his former colleague from Moldova Igor Dodon, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports with reference to the Pool of the First (Telegram channel). " (https://yandex.by/turbo/minsknews.by/s/na-vstrechu-s-lukashenko-priehal-eks-prezident-moldovy-igor-dodon/?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop)
Whatever Igor Dodon is, he is, nevertheless, a European politician from a European country.
Full of tension, the struggle between Dodon and Sandu ends, it seems, with new and new political victories for Sandu.
Previously, Sandu became President. Dodon lost the election disastrously. But it seems that he did not learn the right lessons from his defeat.
Now Sandu has achieved the dissolution of the Moldovan parliament, where (so far) Dodon's supporters have a majority. She achieved the appointment of new parliamentary elections.
Why Dodon is visiting Lukashenko?
Let's formulate two versions.
The first. Constant losses had created an element of panic in Dodon. In a state of panic, Dodon tries to find any support.
The second. Dodon acts prudently. And the calculation tells him, Dodon, that, allegedly, he will find significant help from Lukashenko. He, Dodon, will receive support for the election campaign.
Other versions are also possible.
However, Igor Dodon underestimates the impact of events in Belarus (especially of mass repressions) on world public opinion and on public opinion in Moldova.
This influence has already shown itself during the presidential elections in Moldova.
Igor Dodon, stepping closer Lukashenko in a political sense, loses his strategic advantage - the reputation of a European politician - in exchange for the preferences that Lukashenko can provide.
As for Lukashenko, apparently, in his current situation, a meeting even with a losing political player Dodon is an important element in attempts to restore the destroyed political image.
May 5, 2021 17:10
Translation from Russian into English: May 5, 2021 17:46.
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