Lukashenko may be grooming today's prime minister for his successor Prime Minister Alexander Turchin's recent activities - participating in negotiations with the United States, traveling to a military training ground - may indicate that Lukashenko is carefully preparing a successor from him, political analyst Yuri Drakokrost told Blast. "The fact that Turchin went there (to the military training ground) and takes part in meetings, at least in negotiations with the Americans, may indeed indicate that Lukashenko is carefully, carefully, but in a certain sense, promoting Turchin to the position of a possible successor," the expert believes. He stated that he does not remember that prime ministers have participated in such events in the past. But at the same time, the expert qualifies: "One swallow does not make a spring", we have to wait for this to become a trend: "If during Lukashenko's international trips it is Turchin who is always next to him, and not someone else, then we can conclude that yes, Lukashenko is preparing a successor for him." “Although I would say that you might not be very jealous of Turchin, because authoritarian systems are designed in such a way that today you inherit, but tomorrow, you might not. Mao Zedong had two such successors - Liu Shaoqi and Lin Biao. Both of them finished very badly and in fact did not become his successors," added Yuri Drakkorost. And with regard to Turchin, it can be like this: today he travels, and tomorrow he may fall in disgrace, added Dracokrost. Blanobosti on X / Instagram.

Lukashenko may be grooming today's prime minister for his successor Prime Minister Alexander Turchin's recent activities - participating in negotiations with the United States, traveling to a military training ground - may indicate that Lukashenko is carefully preparing a successor from him, political analyst Yuri Drakokrost told Blast. "The fact that Turchin went there (to the military training ground) and takes part in meetings, at least in negotiations with the Americans, may indeed indicate that Lukashenko is carefully, carefully, but in a certain sense, promoting Turchin to the position of a possible successor," the expert believes. He stated that he does not remember that prime ministers have participated in such events in the past. But at the same time, the expert qualifies: "One swallow does not make a spring", we have to wait for this to become a trend: "If during Lukashenko's international trips it is Turchin who is always next to him, and not someone else, then we can conclude that yes, Lukashenko is preparing a successor for him." “Although I would say that you might not be very jealous of Turchin, because authoritarian systems are designed in such a way that today you inherit, but tomorrow, you might not. Mao Zedong had two such successors - Liu Shaoqi and Lin Biao. Both of them finished very badly and in fact did not become his successors," added Yuri Drakkorost. And with regard to Turchin, it can be like this: today he travels, and tomorrow he may fall in disgrace, added Dracokrost. Blanobosti on X / Instagram.