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After security forces in Belarus used tear gas and special equipment against retirees at the rally, Belarusian opposition member Svetlana Tikhanovskaya declared that President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime is ready to defend itself.
Belarusian opponent, former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, expressed her admiration for the actions of the participants of the retirement march, which took place today in Minsk. She wrote about this on her Telegram.
“When we went to the rallies in the cities of Belarus, I addressed the grandmothers in the forefront. I told them that the pension with which the regime blackmails them is not paid by the president personally. It is money that they earned honestly. And now this is Pension is paid his children and grandchildren, “said Tikhanovskaya.
He stressed that today President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime “crossed the next line.”
“The siloviki used firecrackers and tear gas against retirees. This is an act of violence against those who for years were considered the most loyal electorate. Now it is obvious that the regime is willing to defend only itself. New elections,” Tikhanovskaya said .
Mass protests over falsified voting results in the presidential elections in Belarus have continued since August 9. According to official data, the current head of state, Alexander Lukashenko, won the elections. At the same time, alternative exit polls showed a sure victory for the opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
The Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the protesters. They applied explosions, rubber bullets and water cannons… During the protests, hundreds of protesters were injured and wounded, 13 thousand people arrested… According to official figures, killed four protesters.
On October 12, during the retirees’ march in Minsk, security forces used tear gas and special equipment after protesters tried to recover detainees.
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