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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Chairman | Gennady Davydko |
President of Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko |
Founder | Alexander Radkov |
Founded | 17 November 2007 |
Registered | 12 December 2007 |
Headquarters | 5th Building, Frunze St, Minsk, Belarus |
Membership (2018) | 180,000+[1] |
Ideology | Statism Russophilia Euroscepticism Pro-Lukashenko |
National affiliation | RKSKPPGA |
Colours | Green Red |
Slogan | "For a Strong and Prosperous Belarus" (Belarusian: «За моцную і квітнеючую Беларусь») |
House of Representatives | 68 / 110 |
Website | |
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Gennady Davydko, the head of the Belarusian TV and Radio Company, was elected chairman of Belaya Rus in a unanimous vote by the association's council on 19 January 2018.[4]
References
- "Belaya Rus: Lukashenka's "Ruling Party"?". Belarus Digest. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018."Съезд "Белой Руси": новый председатель, но прежний статус". All-National TV. 19 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "Съезд "Белой Руси": новый председатель, но прежний статус - ОНТ". ont.by (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- "Davydko elected Belaya Rus chairman". eng.belta.by. 19 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2019.