They should approach the issue of elections through negotiations with Lukashenko and make him hold elections. There must be negotiations. Pressure on Lukashenko by the European Union and all his neighbours is important. Incidentally, if Russia, at state level, the level of the President of the Russian Federation, assumed a clear position on this issue and stopped all this political gambling, he would have no choice. But here they are gambling with Byelorussia rather than with Lukashenko.
Presidents come and go, but countries remain.
But when they advocate the country's annexation or something similar, we firmly oppose such moves. We have stressed on a number of occasions that Byelorussians are a fraternal nation for us. We must do something else. We have certain proposals to make on this matter. I have a draft treaty on economic union with Byelorussia on my table right now.