As a born and raised Bucharester I find this idea completely juvenile and ridiculous. I have absolutely no love for Lukashenko (or for his master Putin for tha

As a born and raised Bucharester I find this idea completely juvenile and ridiculous. I have absolutely no love for Lukashenko (or for his master Putin for that matter) and I fully agree that what was done is outrageous and should be condemned and sanctioned (as long as the EU finds a way to sanction the elite without harming the Belarusian people themselves). However, I think this kind of gestures are hasty, puerile and unnecessarily provocative. Naming a street just to spite another country's leader is on par with the kind of idiotic gestures somebody like Rogozin is famous for [1]. What's next, naming a street after Navalny to spite Putin? And after that? Khashoggi boulevard to piss off MBS? This would never end. By this measure the entire city should be renamed to spite all the despots of the world. The idea of a negative reason to name a street is also extremely dubious. Normally streets, squares, parks etc. are named after people or events we want to praise or commemorate. I understand that Protasevich is a dissident and people like him should be protected and encouraged, but why name a street after him? And in Bucharest of all places? Does he have any connection to the city or the country? Is he a hero of the Romanian people? Does Romania, Bucharest or the 1st district have anything to do with the fight for democracy in Belarus? The whole thing is ill conceived. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Rogozin#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Rogozin#Controversy