From Russia: a threat to Belarus: the consequences could be sad

Russia’s security council vice president Dmitry Medvedev said the incident could have serious consequences for bilateral relations, Radio Free Europe / Radio Freedom reported.

His comments sounded a few days before the presidential elections in Belarus. Alexander Lukashenko, the country’s longtime leader, wants to extend his 26-year term.

Medvedev said that Belarusian leaders had turned bilateral relations into “details of the election campaign.”

“Everything that is happening in Belarus is a Belarusian issue, but we cannot help but notice that today Russia-Belarus relations and even an allied state and integration have become part of the electoral campaign game,” Medvedev said. .

The vice president of the Security Council of the Russian Federation stressed that “there is no way to abandon the idea that the various Cossacks that are taking place are part of a simple enough political technology.”

“Create an image of the enemy and use it to achieve a political result,” he said. – And then it doesn’t matter what happens. Let’s find out with the Russians, let’s make something up. This is not only painful but also very sad. The consequences will also be sad. “

If attempts are made to destabilize the situation in Belarus, it will be difficult for everyone, even Vladivostok, the Belarusian president said on Tuesday, addressing the country’s citizens.

“It just came to our attention then.” Do not try to destabilize the situation, because there will be a sauna that everyone will suffer, even Vladivostok, “said the president. Lukashenko also stated that Russian citizens detained in Belarus did not intend to go to other countries. , were specifically sent to Belarus The information that the detainees were flying in transit through Belarus was described by the president as a “lie”.

“It just came to our knowledge then. And all this lies – about Istanbul, about Venezuela, about Africa and Libya. All of this lies. Those people, after all, gave testimony, they were specifically sent to Belarus. I have a specific command: wait “They told us everything,” Lukashenko said.

The President of Belarus said that the plane tickets to Istanbul were used as a cover. Against Belarus, “billions are being used, the latest technologies are being used,” said the president.

“Today we received information about another platoon that had moved south. When we clean, we must also run through the forests and catch them. After all, we will catch everyone, all of them, “Lukashenko promises.

Lukashenko said Tuesday that “Russia was afraid of losing us.” However, it is said that Russia is always an ally of the country.

“Russia has always been, is and will always be our closest ally, whoever is in power in Belarus or Russia,” Lukashenko said in his speech to parliament and the nation.

“It is deeply rooted in our nations, even though Russia has changed its fraternal relationship with us into a partnership. Unnecessarily,” he said.

“Russia is afraid of losing us, because without us it no longer has really close allies,” said the president.

“And the West has recently started showing interest in us. And China is also looking forward to stability from his girlfriend (Belarus),” Lukashenko said.

He stressed that Belarus does not encourage friendship with someone against something.

“We are in favor of a predictable and multi-pronged domestic policy,” the president explained.

At that time, in Lukashenko’s election program published in the Zvezda newspaper on Tuesday morning, the president emphasized that he had done everything possible to expand the circle of friendly states of Belarus.

“We are entering an era of global geopolitical shocks. Every effort will be made to ensure that differences in internal policies do not affect the friendship of the peoples destined to live alongside this country in the heart of Europe, and that the circle of our friendly countries to expand, “said Lukashenko’s electoral program.

According to the president, for a quarter of a century, “we are building Belarus with you, our common house with windows to the East and West.”

Mr. Lukashenko also emphasized that Belarus has always been open to friendship and cooperation, never interfering in the internal affairs of other countries.

“Our peaceful diplomacy has been and will be the path to Belarusian security,” he said.

Lukashenko, who is seeking re-election as head of state next weekend next weekend, warned on Tuesday that if his country lost a “hybrid war,” the independence of other former Soviet republics would be in jeopardy.

He said that countries like Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, the Caucasus and “Russia and Ukraine, our brothers and sisters” were closely monitoring the situation in Belarus, where tensions had risen sharply before next Sunday’s presidential election.

Opposition protests have recently taken place in the country, some of Lukashenko’s potential rivals have been arrested, and last week the Belarusian security services arrested 33 Russian citizens considered to be fighters by the enigmatic private military company Vagner. The president claimed that they had been sent to destabilize the situation there.

According to him, the “latest technologies are concentrated” against Belarus.

“We assumed and did not make any mistake that all these means of influence will be widely used during the current electoral campaign. The aim is to divide people, deceive, intimidate, cause confusion and ultimately push them to commit a crime,” he said Lukashenko in his annual speech in parliament.

“Will Belarus resist? Can it withstand this hybrid shock, this war? They [buvusios sovietinės respublikos] understands that if the Belarusians fall, it will be their turn, “he said.

Currently, “all arrows – poisonous, combat – are directed against Lukashenko, [kad jį] Overthrown, humiliated, crushed, destroyed, “the president complained, referring to the new COVID-19 coronavirus infection pandemic, which, according to Lukashenko, Belarus had already” successfully overcome “.

“We simply warned each other then, even without me, the people of Belarus will be able to defend themselves.” Because he knows that he will have no other country in the world except Belarus. There is no place for it anywhere in Australia or Stuttgart. There is also no money abroad. Well, it will not be possible to surround people with roses, nor will it be possible to conceive with a whip, “said A. Lukashenko.

He warned that the militia, the army, and the security forces could be used to maintain current order. “They are the children of those whom you want to connect to a carriage and drive a tire. They, the people with shoulders, will not allow you to do this. Even without me. You were exactly a quarter of a century late,” he said, without naming any. force that wanted to.

“We will not give you the country. Independence has a high cost. But for us it is worth keeping it and passing it on to future generations,” Lukashenko added.

Delfi recalls that the state news agency BelTA, according to the Belarusian police authorities, on July 29. reported that Russian citizens who were employees of the “Wagner private military company” had been arrested in the country and had come to the country to destabilize the situation in Belarus during the presidential elections.

32 people were detained at the sanatorium near Minsk, another in southern Belarus. In total, more than 200 of those agents may have been dispatched to the country, according to Belarusian law enforcement agencies.