Lukashenko on creation of Union State media holding

The Union State media holding should be created on equal terms, President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko noted while being reported on topical issues of the country’s information policy

One of the issues that the Head of State is considering today is the creation of a media holding company of the Union State. According to the Belarusian leader, a lot is being said about its appearance ‘of course, taking into account Russia’s media policy (you’re aware of it, you negotiated with them and you understand that it is even more an economy there). Russia is very huge, it’s impossible to do without the media’. 

Aleksandr Lukashenko is convinced that the friendly and warm relations that have developed between the partners today will contribute to the creation of a ‘normal independent media holding on equal terms’, “That’s the main thing. If we are building our union, the main principle is equal conditions. No one is subordinate to anyone. Everything is on equal terms. Vladimir Putin and I have discussed this topic a lot, I have never heard him saying that ‘we are big, you are small, so let’s do this and that’. The last time I put the question harshly – how long will we talk about this, we need to move, and first of all, the Russians need to create an independent holding company – he replied: ‘I’m all for it’.” 

Moreover, the Union State agenda should be actively disseminated on the Internet, across various messengers and channels, as well as through bloggers. The President believes that, perhaps, the Russian partners have their own interests in this issue, but orients those responsible for the media work in Belarus, “We must act within the framework defined by the heads of state.”