He is getting offended by free media, teaches quasi-history, and openly threatens Mongolian society.
It seems that one of the main goals of Lukashenko's visit to Mongolia was to export propaganda and dictatorship to this country. After meeting sharp criticism from a number of well-known Mongolian politicians, the media, and civil society, a dissatisfied Lukashenko — what would you think? — began to silence his critics. As a "historian", he insists that Mongolia is in dire need of his "historical expertise".
This "historian", offended that Mongolian society negatively perceives his visit and the support he provides to Russia in its aggression against Ukraine, has launched into "historical parallels", comparing Genghis Khan and Putin. He openly justifies everything that Russia is doing today in Ukraine:
"Thousands of them (Genghis Khan's soldiers) died on the battlefield. But if someone dared to offend his warrior, he (Genghis Khan) swept away the settlements and these people with sword and fire. What happened between Ukraine and Russia? The same thing."
But the "historian" Lukashenko fails to grasp that Mongolia is no longer an empire. It is a democratic state that does not engage in wars of conquest, a place where power transitions peacefully, and freedom of speech and the press are not privileges but rights. All of these concepts are utterly foreign to Lukashenko; he stands in direct opposition to everything they represent.
This is precisely why Lukashenko rails against Mongolian civil society and the press – they dare to speak the truth about him and his ally, Russia.
Lukashenko hates the truth. He traffics in lies and distortions of history, drawing dangerous "parallels" to convince Mongolians that attacking sovereign nations, occupying their lands, and committing atrocities against their people is somehow justifiable.
Not everyone in Mongolia is willing to be lectured by a dictator attempting to rewrite history. Thwarted, Lukashenko resorts to his other favored tactic: blackmail and threats, focusing on Mongolia’s natural resources.
And it's a clear and present threat — these riches are deeply enticing to the likes of Russia and the Lukashenko regime.
Lukashenko warns Mongolia not to "make a mistake," ominously stating that defiance will result in the loss of its peace and security. The source of this threatened aggression needs no clarification. It is clearly implied to be the same force that has brutalized Ukraine for refusing to be absorbed into Russia — a refusal deemed a grave "mistake" by the Kremlin and its allies. Now, Lukashenko is threatening the Mongolian society.
“Do not make us enemies of the Mongolian people. We are your closest friends and brothers,” Lukashenko warns Mongolian journalists and opinion leaders.
But the world has grown wise to such pronouncements, having witnessed firsthand the treacherous nature of such "friendship" and "brotherhood." These are the same hollow assurances that were offered to Ukraine by both Russia and Lukashenko in the lead-up to the invasion.
I believe Mongolia has a far deeper understanding of history than Lukashenko seems capable of. And I am confident that it will not be so easily manipulated, nor will it fall prey to his transparently self-serving attempts to cloak aggression in the language of kinship.
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