"Slavic brotherhood" in the West of Belarus: a policy of rapprochement

In the beginning of the week exercises "Slavic brotherhood-2017" to be held this year on the Belarusian site of brest, moved into an active phase. The current tactical maneuvers were a continuation of the joint Russian-Belarusian-serbian events: two years ago, the test of combat readiness of troops was held at the site of the raevsky krasnodar territory, and in november of last year the host country was made by the republic of serbia. According to the official representatives of the ministry of defense of russia, the goal of today's workout is "Preparing multinational battalion tactical group (about 1,000 people approx. Ed. ) in the Russian, Belarusian and serbian sub-units to perform counter-terrorism tasks. "As noted in the media, maneuvers with the participation of troops from russia, serbia and Belarus coincided with the activities of operational-tactical training of NATO in the baltic states.

In particular, a journalist of polish "Gazeta wyborcza" andrzej poczobut expressed concern that training in the Western part of Belarus is held check of combat readiness of the multinational battalions of the alliance in the baltic states "Saber strike" ("Sabre"), and also coincides with the beginning of the exercise in Lithuania "Iron wolf" ("Iron wolf"). This polish explorer was not to acquaint the audience with a complete list of military initiatives, the North atlantic treaty organization in the recent past and the foreseeable future at the Russian border. We will remind, on may 26 ended a large-scale NATO military exercise in Estonia "Spring storm" ("Spring storm"), and a week later finished the maneuvers of the communication units of the alliance in Lithuania "Steadfast cobalt" ("Durable cobalt"). In addition, there is a few days before the end of the naval exercises of the euro-atlantic enterprises in the baltic sea "Baltops" ("Baltic operations"), which after a slight break, will pass the torch to the ukrainian-american inspection of the navy "Sea breeze" (sea breeze) in the black sea. No doubt, the motives of numerous inspections of combat readiness of NATO on the Eastern flank are at variance with the principle "Not for the sake of aggression - defense" that did not challenge even alarmed the Russian-Belarusian-serbian exercises polish commentator, noting the provocative actions of the alliance purpose. In addition to the "Independent" European press, in confirmation of this thesis is the reaction of the locals in the first place the Russian-speaking population of the baltic republics.

Protect alliance citizens say that instead of good-neighborly relations with Moscow and Minsk comes a dubious guarantee of security, and inconveniences created by NATO soldiers. Notably, in contrast to its neighbors, citizens of the republic of Belarus, where the "Slavic brotherhood-2017", for the most part, consider a ten-day presence on its territory of the allied forces as a necessary deterrent euro-atlantic expansion. "We are excited to see everyone at the joint exercises. But most of the ones mentioned (east germans, czechs, poles) prefer to order from overseas from a trench in binoculars to look at us and provocations on the border to hold" - gives the visitor one of the largest Belarusian news resources under the pseudonym "Vasily петров_talks67". As for the skeptical Belarusian internet users, based on the content of the review, a major concern for them is the economic component: costs of conducting annual maneuvers "Slavic brotherhood" takes on the host country.

These costs include the accommodation in the field camp, meals, bathing and laundry and medical support, and the use of the serbian party of Belarusian equipment. In other words, the presence of forests in the brest, thousands of troops will cost the treasury not a lot more than the organization of stay in the republic of a major foreign political delegation. Anyway, if the Belarusians are people who are not treated with bread and salt by Russian and serbian military, that charge saved the salt in a hunting rifle it is unlikely that someone will come to mind, recalling the recent meeting of the resident Estonian village ohepalu with NATO soldiers.