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Maria Kolesnikova, a member of the Belarusian opposition coordination council, said she has no reason to believe the statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Ukrainian nationalists in the Belarusian protests.
Maria Kolesnikova, a member of the Belarusian opposition coordination council, said she had not seen a single Ukrainian nationalist in the protests in Belarus. She announced this in an interview with LB.ua.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on September 2 that “the destabilization of the situation in Belarus” is being controlled from the territory of Ukraine. According to him, representatives of the organizations “Stepan Bandera’s Trident”, “C14”, “National Corps” and “Right Sector” are allegedly involved in interference in the processes in Belarus. He is sure that these structures “are actively engaged in provoking radical actions in Minsk and other cities of Belarus.”
“I have been to many rallies, I have not seen a single Ukrainian nationalist or Ukrainian” right “. Where did they get this information from, I have no idea. In general, the last few months have constantly presented us with very strange data. There were statements that 200 Militant Russians are on the territory of Belarus. We heard that they arrested 33 people from PMC “Wagner”. We know what happened to them later (the Belarusian authorities handed them over to Russia. – “GORDON”) “, – said Kolesnikova, commenting on her statement.
He added that he has absolutely no reason to believe Lavrov’s words about the Ukrainian nationalists.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba called the Russian minister’s accusation “nonsense.”
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 data, the current president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, won with 80.1% of the voters. 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 polls showed the opposite picture: Tikhanovskaya’s confident victory.
The Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the demonstrations, in particular with the use of 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, four protesters died.
173 people were arrested in protests in Belarus on August 30. According to human rights activists, the detainees included minors and a Russian citizen.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, speaking on behalf of the European Union, said on August 11 that the elections in Belarus “were neither free nor fair”, and that the authorities used “a disproportionate and unacceptable violence “against protesters.
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