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Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service (SVR), said in a statement released by Russian news agencies that Washington had “firmly welcomed former presidential candidate Cichanouskaya and other activists under its wing.”
S. Cichanouskaya, 38, a former English teacher and translator, took over the candidacy of her husband, popular blogger Sergei Cichanouski, for the post of Belarusian leader after his arrest.
Opposition politicians are currently fleeing to Lithuania, and many of their supporters have also been forced to withdraw or have been imprisoned.
Naryškin claimed that the West had been preparing protests even before the August 9 elections, adding that the United States had distributed 20 million money to various groups of rights activists. Dollars
He said the funds went to “independent bloggers” and “seasoned American instructors” in countries like Poland and Ukraine to train the most promising activists.
“From the beginning, the protests were well organized and coordinated from outside,” said S. Naryškinas. “According to SVR, the United States is playing a key role in current events in Belarus.”
Color Revolution textbook
Alexander Lukashenko has accused several countries of mass protests demanding his resignation, initially accusing Russia of trying to destabilize the country, but later accusing Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Great Britain.
“We know who is leading (the protests), who wants something to happen in Belarus, so we remain vigilant and ready to respond to any challenge,” Lukashenko said in a meeting with senior officials on Wednesday.
He said the United States was “primarily” behind the protests, using its “networks to support so-called democracy.”
He claimed that protest organizers were using “color revolution textbooks” to refer to the overthrow of Kremlin supporters in former Soviet states such as Ukraine.
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