I believe that the main subject a leader must work on is creating attractiveness of the Belarussian economy and industry, forming domestic investment foundations, effective investment policy. This is the only forward looking strategy. The reason is not to be found in Yeltsin, Kravchuk, or Shushkevich. The Bjelovezhsky agreements is just a small final element of the accomplished fact. The reason is in poor labor productivity and lack of economic competitiveness.
Many people realize it quite clearly.
Mr. Lukashenko had neither willingness, nor skills and time to deal with this critical challenge. One cannot update technology and production, and improve labor productivity without investments. Investment attractiveness stems out of governmental policies. A state which bluntly violates human rights, which makes laws for itself and enforces them, which has no respect to manufacturers and provides no guarantees of the capital return can hardly be attractive. Belarus used to gave a substantial industrial and labor resource.