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Nikolai Latyshenok, assistant to the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, believes that before there were fewer radicals towards the president in the country, but “people got heated.”
Nikolai Latyshenok, assistant to the president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, estimated the number of citizens of Belarus who are radical in relation to the president by 20-30%. RIA Novosti reports on the matter on August 30.
The Latvian boy stressed that it is his “feeling” about the proportion of those people, because there are no exact figures.
He believes that before this figure was lower, but “people got heated.”
Today, during the protest actions in Minsk, Latyshenok addressed the protesters and engaged in a discussion with them about the ongoing protest actions. When asked if it is normal when “five riot police per person”, Lukashenka’s aide replied, “Normal”. The video was posted by TUT.BY.
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.
In the protests of August 30 140 people arrested… According to human rights activists, those detained in Belarus included minors and a Russian citizen.
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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