President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko MINSK, January 7 President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said he took more a tough course aimed at preserving the sovereignty and independence of the country, but in close connection with the closest «friends and brothers» — Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine. «The world will change in terms of uniting peoples and states into unions. States like us are not alone it will simply be difficult to survive — it will be impossible. That is why I took a tougher course to preserve our sovereignty and independence, so that we could be a state. But we were in close connection with our closest friends and brothers. Who is this? This is Russia. This is Kazakhstan. This is Ukraine. It doesn't matter what is happening there today, «Lukashenka quotes his official website. He noted that everything must be done» to return Ukraine to the bosom of our true faith. «» No limits «: Lukashenka assessed the possibilities of integration with Russia