one-on-one 24.11.1996 (1996)

President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Alexey Podberezkin, Alexey Mitrofanov and Nikolai Gonchar are discussing the problems of integration of Russia and Belarus, giving dynamism to the integration process, the need for political will and decisions on both sides, the possibility of holding a referendum on the unification of Russia and Belarus, the economic, political and spiritual side of integration, the obstacles to integration from the West, nationalists and liberals, the shortcomings in the work of parliaments, the consequences of breaking the single economic system, the missed opportunities for restoring economic ties, discuss the problems and factors that slow down integration.

Representatives of the parliamentary factions of the Republic of Belarus Stanislav Bogdankevich, Valery Shchukin and Pyotr Kravchenko in the studio talk about the prerequisites for integration, the difference in the economic systems of the two countries, the reduction of exports and imports, and the problems of creating joint legislation.