Farmers of the world, unite!

Farmers of the world, unite!

(some media material for Russian speakers)

The farmers’ protests across the European Union these past several weeks were followed with great interest in Russia and Belarus by local media. As someone based in Brussels living just 20 minutes walking distance from the European Parliament buildings on Place Luxembourg, which resembled a war zone during the repeat demonstrations of tractor driving farmers, I was invited to comment by the Mir television channel which broadcasts in Russian to the countries of the Former Soviet Union and also by the ONT national broadcaster in Belarus.

Here is the link to the Mir broadcast:

Here is the link to a print summary of my remarks to ONT extracted from their live broadcast Saturday evening:  https://ont.by/news/pochemu-protesty-fermerov-v-evrope-stanovyatsya-vse-ozhestochennee-obuyasnil-belgijskij-politolog 

Here is a link to the interview on ONT with subtitles in English. Note that this is a machine translation with some errors.

https://odysee.com/@unRhodes-ian:6/2024-03-02-Farmers-protests-RU,-w-EN-and-RU-subs:2

And finally, here is the link to the full live broadcast on ONT.. My interview is found in minute 13:20 seconds to minute 20:30 seconds