Belarus, admits Lukashenko: “Maybe I was in power too long.” Opponent led by “masked men”

It has been exactly one month since the elections of August 9, who saw another triumph of the president Lukashenko and the emergence of unprecedented protests by the last dictator of Europe. He, meanwhile, who has not ruled out the possibility of vote anticipated after an unspecified one reform constitutional, spoke for the first time since the elections, and did so in front of a select group of Russian newspapers, where he admitted: “Maybe I stayed in the power a little too much. ”A power that he has been wielding, indisputably, since 1994. Then he felt the Russia: “I know Belarus falls, then depends on Moscow. If you think the rich Russia can face (protests, ed) you’re wrong; I spoke to my old friend Vladimir Putin – I call him big brother – and I warned him: you can’t resist all this ”.

Meanwhile the repression regime continues: more than 24 hours after the disappearance of Maria Kolesnikova, who bravely broke his passport while the Belarusian authorities tried to deport her by force to Ukraine, masked men in plain clothes took away the opposition activist Maxim znak. “Maximum left the staff of Babariko (Unregistered Belarusian Presidential Candidate, ed) along with masked men in plain clothes. They got on a Van and they left, ”said the representative of the Coordination Council of the Belarusian opposition.

The unknowns about Maria Kolesnikova – According to the official account, she was detained by border guards when she entered Ukraine (where your ‘kidnapping’ partners are actually protected Ivan Kravtsov me Anton Rodnenkov) during a daring action “to escape”. Actually Maria broke the passport while the thugs of Alexander Lukashenko they were about to throw her out of her country. Causing the operation to fail. According to information received from the headquarters of the aspiring Belarusian president Viktor babariko, now in jail, Maria would take place in a barracks in the “district of Mozyr, in the region of Gomel“But the lawyer who showed up there to give him legal assistance was told that there is no Kolesnikova. Her father Alexander, however, stated that his daughter would be in jail in Minsk, kept in isolation. And he said he was contacted by the head of the Research group of the Investigation Committee of Belarus.

And the yellow continues. About Kravtsov, Executive Secretary of the Council, and Rodnenkov, the press officer, their fate is clear: they are safe in Ukraine. Kravtsov, at a press conference a Kiev, confirmed the story of the broken passport and the attempted deportation of Maria. London meanwhile, he called for “an investigation ofOsce”On the actions of the authorities Belarusian – Minsk it’s part of that – ed Angela Merkel He reiterated that “our heart beats for the Belarusian protesters.” the German government, he reasoned, must continue argue on how to help the opposition but also to understand what the “limits” of this help are.