Andrey Fedorov, Belorusskie Novosti
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It is possible that the style of the new representative of the Russian Federation will be closer to the style of Mikhail Babich.
It seems that the main task of the now de facto former Russian ambassador to Belarus,
Dmitry Mezentsev, was to hide Moscow's true intentions with soothing conversations. In the current situation, his successor may be instructed to take a tougher position.
The recent meeting between Putin and Lukashenka in Sochi prompted many comments. However, since official information about its content turned out to be very scarce, their authors were forced to be content with fragmentary information and could, in fact, only speculate about the outcome of the negotiations.