Belaya Rus
Belaya Rus (Belarusian: Белая Русь, romanized: Bielaja Ruś, lit. 'White Rus') is a Belarusian public association founded on 17 November 2007 to support President Alexander Lukashenko. Since then, the leaders of the organization have regularly announced that they are ready to become a political party. President Lukashenko neither firmly opposed the idea, nor supported it. He has made comments such as: "Well, if they are ready, let them be a party, I am not against it. On the contrary, I will support it because they are patriots. But I wouldn't advise them to hurry." The party is based on the idea of the All-Russia People's Front. It has no real ideology outside of absolute support for Lukashenko.[2] The former minister of Education of Belarus, Alexander Radkov was chairman of the association from 2007 to 2018. The NGO has a membership of over 180,000.[3]
Belaya Rus Белая Русь | |
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| Leader | Gennady Davydko |
| Founded | 17 November 2007 |
| Headquarters | Minsk |
| Membership | 180,000+ (2018)[1] |
| Political position | Big tent Pro-Lukashenko Russophilia |
| House of Representatives | 68 / 110 |
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Gennady Davydko, the head of the Belarusian TV and Radio Company, has been elected Chairman of the national public association Belaya Rus. The decision has been unanimously taken by the council of the national public association Belaya Rus on 19 January 2018.[4]
References
- "Belaya Rus: Lukashenka's "Ruling Party"?". Belarus Digest."Съезд «Белой Руси»: новый председатель, но прежний статус". ОНТ. 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/11/19/019.html%5B%5D
- "Съезд «Белой Руси»: новый председатель, но прежний статус - ОНТ". ont.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- "Davydko elected Belaya Rus chairman". eng.belta.by. 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2019-12-06.