EU Support, Modernisation and Russia's Interests - Digest of Belarusian Analytics
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Belarusians become less interested in the pro-European vector of development as the influence of Russia in the country is growing. Belarusian analysts hope that Stefen Fulle's "European Dialogue on Modernisation with Belarus" will be filled with concrete meaning soon and that the EU will focus more on working with the people, and not only respond to actions of illegitimate Belarusian authorities.
Support of EU in Serious Decline - Belarusian Institute of Strategic Studies analyses the March 2012 public opinion poll data of the Independent Institute for Social, Economic and Political Studies (IISEPS). According to BISS, data from March poll brought a dramatic end to relative balance in geopolitical choice of Belarusians: 47% of respondents support Russia, while only 37% show support to EU.
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