{"id":27167,"date":"2026-04-20T03:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/western-leaders-dont-care-about-their-people-lukashenko-to-rts-rick-sanchez-full-interview\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T03:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:22:56","slug":"western-leaders-dont-care-about-their-people-lukashenko-to-rts-rick-sanchez-full-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/western-leaders-dont-care-about-their-people-lukashenko-to-rts-rick-sanchez-full-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Western leaders \u2018don\u2019t care about their people\u2019 \u2013 Lukashenko to RT\u2019s Rick Sanchez (FULL INTERVIEW)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Politicians like France\u2019s Emmanuel Macron and Germany\u2019s Friedrich Merz are beholden to \u201crich donors,\u201d the Belarusian president says<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Western leaders are figureheads dependent on wealthy donors who <em>\u201cdo not care about their people,\u201d<\/em> Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said in an interview with RT\u2019s Rick Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"912\" data-end=\"1113\">Speaking at the presidential palace in Minsk, Lukashenko discussed the Western political system, Belarus\u2019 relations with neighboring countries, US President Donald Trump, and a range of other topics.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1115\" data-end=\"1290\">Leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz <em>\u201care all just temporary placeholders\u2026 They\u2019re here today, gone tomorrow,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994 and is Europe\u2019s longest-serving current leader, said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey\u2019re just trying to grab something while they can. That\u2019s the foundation of their policies,\u201d<\/em> he added, while highlighting his own style of governance.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI appoint the government, supervise its work, and bear responsibility for the outcomes,\u201d<\/em> Lukashenko said. He argued that in the West, <em>\u201cit\u2019s not clear who appoints who and who\u2019s responsible for what\u2026 the people there don\u2019t know who they can hold accountable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Belarusian leader said Western politicians owe their positions to <em>\u201crich donors who finance them,\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cover time, they begin to prioritize the interests of these donors, not the people of Germany, France, or the UK.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1949\" data-end=\"1981\"><strong>Watch the full interview here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2026.04\/69e5101b85f540018a5c55e6.mp4\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians like France\u2019s Emmanuel Macron and Germany\u2019s Friedrich Merz are beholden to \u201crich donors,\u201d the Belarusian president says Western leaders are figureheads dependent on wealthy donors who \u201cdo not care about their people,\u201d Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said in an interview with RT\u2019s Rick Sanchez. 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