Sergei Lavrov: Warsaw and Vilnius fund Belarusian protesters



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“Not only the money but also the instructions go from Warsaw and Vilnius through social media, we have seen them. “Instructions on how to make incendiary mixtures, explosives, the same Molotov cocktails and much more,” said the head of Russian diplomacy.

“The Belarusian opposition is very actively funded and encouraged to follow such an inflexible line: demand regime change, organize indefinite strikes that have failed,” Lavrov said.

According to him, now the streets of Belarusian cities are mostly filled with people who want to provoke the use of force by officials.

In Belarus on August 9. Presidential elections were held, the results of which are considered rigged. Its winner was veteran Belarusian leader Aliaksandr Lukashenko. According to official data, it collected 80.1 percent. opposition candidate Sviatlana Cichanouskaya: 10.12 percent.

As soon as the first results of the vote were announced, mass protests began in Minsk and other Belarusian cities, which turned into clashes with the militia. Thousands of people were arrested and many protesters were injured. The demonstrations continue to this day.

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