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The current President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, again fell into the camera targets with a gun in his hands and a bulletproof vest. He walked through the property in front of the Palace of Independence, accompanied by two people.
The Russian news agency RIA Novosti published a photograph of the current President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, with a submachine gun in his hands. According to the agency, this photograph was sent by Lukashenko’s press secretary, Natalya Eismont, in response to a question about his whereabouts.
The photo shows Lukashenka walking through the territory in front of the Palace of Independence. He wears a white shirt and a bulletproof vest. In his right hand he carries a machine gun. Next to him are two people, one of them in camouflage uniforms and a walkie-talkie.
The Pool of the First Telegram channel, which is close to the press service of the Belarusian president, later said that the photo was taken around 4 p.m. on August 30.
“At that time, when the wandering crowd was at the Independence Palace, the president was also there,” the message says.
The photo shows that the weather at the time of the Lukashenka pass near the Independence Palace is sunny, although it was raining in Minsk this afternoon. At this time, Radio Svaboda journalists noted.
“The photo is clearly irrelevant: it has been raining for a long time in Minsk, and before it rained on the palace territory, protesters and journalists did not see a person wearing such clothes,” the statement said.
Lukashenka has appeared in the photo with a pistol for the second time. On the night of August 23, protest actions were also carried out in Belarus. The protesters arrived at the Independence Palace. At this time, Lukashenka was flying through the city. by helicopter… He landed near the Independence Palace, got out of the helicopter with a submachine gun without a magazine and asked the guards if “there was anyone else.” The President of Belarus was accompanied by his 15-year-old son Nikolai who was wearing a bulletproof vest, an assault helmet and a machine gun.
Mass protests took place in Minsk on August 30 and in other cities in Belarus. In the capital protesters He approached the Independence Palace to congratulate Lukashenka on his 66th birthday. The protesters brought “gifts” to the president, including a black coffin with crowns and a cardboard cockroach.
In the morning at the capital, the security forces have already withdrawn military equipment… They have already started the first clashes between security agents and protesters.
Mass protests have been going on in Belarus since August 9. The protesters believe that the results of the presidential elections, which were held from August 4-9, were falsified. According to official figures, Lukashenka won, for which 80.1% of the voters voted. Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya came in second with 10.1% of the vote. The rest of the candidates earned less than 2%. At the same time, alternative exit surveys showed the opposite image – a sure victory for Tikhanovskaya.
Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the demonstrations, in particular using stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons… During the protests, more than 7,000 protesters were arrested (many of them have already been released), hundreds were injured and wounded. According to official figures, killed four protesters.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, on behalf of the European Union, announced on 11 August that the elections in Belarus “were neither free nor fair”and the authorities used “disproportionate and unacceptable violence” against the protesters.
August 28 EU Foreign Ministers agreed to impose sanctions on top Belarusian officials due to electoral fraud and violence against protesters.
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