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On May 9 the Belarusian president, after returning from an informal meeting of the presidents, confirmed that he would sign the Treaty establishing the Eurasian Economic Union on behalf of the Republic of Belarus on May 29. “We are not going to block the signing of this treaty. If we cannot make a leap forward, we should move on in small steps. We believe in it”. So, the agreement on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union will be signed on May 29, 2014.

Last Friday, April 25, in the run - up to the next anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the Belarusian president, speaking to the residents of the Mogilev region, wished Ukrainians to «survive the presidential election they schedule on May 25». At the same time he noted foreign policy pressure on the official Kiev. Such statements of the Belarusian president mean that the difference in the estimates of the Ukrainian crisis between Moscow and Minsk continues to grow rapidly, especially if we take into account that Russia does not recognize May 25 elections.

The political situation in Ukraine continues to have a direct impact on its neighbors. Ukrainian theme remains the main in Russian media space. It’s not a secret that on the background of almost monolithic support of Kremlin's policy in relation to the Crimea by Russian population, we see a split in Russian political class and civil society. Considerable part of the Russian creative intelligentsia, including entertainers, supported Kiev.

The official Kiev is increasingly beginning to resemble a small political Vesuvius starting from March 18... Emotional reaction of the Ukrainian leadership regarding the fact of the Crimea accession to Russia did not cause serious concern in the Russian political class. Moreover, a hurricane of threats and calls that hit Moscow from the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's National Security Council and the Government, was considered even with some sympathy, as this demonstrated that Kiev could not introduce any serious sanctions against Russia without the support of the EU and U.S.

Information war between Russia and Ukraine is developing into more and more fantastic forms. Information events, created by both sides during the escalation of the conflict, are becoming more acute and short-lived. For example, on March 7 the Ukrainian and then the Belarusian opposition media paraphrased the words of the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations V. Churkin that Russia broke off diplomatic relations with Ukraine. Journalists were not confused by the fact that such a decision would be announced to the world at least by the Russian Foreign Minister.

In Soviet times, just after the New Year celebrations, in the morning of January 1 Cuban theme was predominate issue on all TV channels. Like in the best traditions of proletarian internationalism, when the USSR commemorated the next anniversary of the victory of the Cuban revolution, associated with the capture of Havana by Fidel Castro's rebels on January 1, 1959. In this case, of course, the authorities hidden the fact that Fidel was not a communist in those years. Only Fidel's brother Raul (the current head of Cuba) and Che Guevara considered themselves communists.

Events in neighboring Ukraine began to acquire the character of the modern Ukrainian epos, reformatted in the multi- historical series, oversaturated with political nightmares and fears. Events in Kiev remind us a remake of the first Soviet horror film «Viy», a story by Nikolay Gogol, written in its time on the base of Ukrainian folklore.  There can be little changes in the new scenario: Viktor Yanukovych in the role of seminarian Khoma Brut, who is reading the Association Agreement with the European Union in the church, periodically jouking from flying in a blue coffin Pannochka - Yulia Tymoshenko. It would be unfair not to mention in the remake numerous vampires and ghouls, who take the political scene in order to spoil Khoma's mood. Manuel Barroso could successfully replace Viy and appeared at the right moment with yelling «Raise my eaves!».