People Power Revolution Against Dictator Lukashenka in Belarus

So you get to decide which truth is true? I thought it was the people's choice do you have any proof either source is correct or accurate?

If you believe Lukashenka won by 90 percent, I have some land to sell you out here in the Mojave.


Get a clue.

This is natural behaviour, especially for a woman: she is not a kamikaze. KGB forced her to write such address and leave the country. However, now it is not already important. Belarus citizens don't have a choice and either they continue protesting and make Lukashenko to leave, or far more than 5000 people will be brought to prison. If protests survive till next Monday, they may have a chance. The target is very difficult because Lukashenko already involved army and russian police troup. Besides, at this point of time Russia and Lukashenko himself made everything possible not to give Lukashenko a choice rather then to join Russia. So, Lukashenko will fight protests by all means and sacrifices.

You make him sound so brave.

Before launching his political career, Lukashenko worked as director of a collective farm (kolkhoz), and served in the Soviet Border Troops and in the Soviet Army.

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Tigers don't change their stripes and neither do trained Communists/Marxists/Stalinists.

He was the only deputy of the Belarusian parliament to vote against the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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Now, Lukashenka is the puppet of the ex-KGB dictator for life in Russia, Putin.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.



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Dear Diary,

I am very proud of those two!

Belarus borders on Poland.


It is Russia's buffer state, like North Korea is to China.


Russia cannot lose control over it.

That is the reality of what is going on there.


It is very simple geopolitics, except to the propagandists.

Today it does not matter at all. In 1994 as some others I voted for Vyacheslav Kebitch and it was our mistake. It was necessary to vote for Zianon Pazniak. Next time I voted against all and then I never took part in elections. This time the Embassy did everything possible people don't vote, otherwise number of votes would exceed the number of voters. :( Hope you understand what I mean. Anyway, I still don't understand why he decided to lead Belarus to the East instead of to lead it to the West. Today Belarus would be at the same level as Poland, if not better. So, it was a big mistake.

Just tried to speak to my cousin and my aunt again. Viber is not connecting. My aunt managed to send me a few messages, saying that the internet is down, they are completely cut off. She is saying her grandson managed to establish internet connection just now but she does not know for how long. She is saying police is beating people on the streets, grabbing them and throwing in jail. Jails and hospitals filled to capacity. She does not feel Lukashenko will go, the people don’t have enough strength to topple him. I wish international powers would interfere. But it most like
Y will not happen, Belarus has nothing to offer. what a shame! People are there generally very patient unless really pushed. Even when Soviet Union collapsed, there wAs not any protests.

President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he wanted neighbouring Belarus to reactivate stalled plans for more integration with Russia after the contested election win left Lukashenko, an on-and-off Russian ally, on the defensive.

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They may as well annex it and call it a day.


What utter bullshit.

Russia can live with a neutral Ukraine, a neutral Belarus and a pro-Western Baltics. It can even live with a Western-leaning Ukraine that is not too well-armed by the West. But if Belarus tipped, it would trigger a Russian response – first a political one, then a military one. Whether Russian troops, which are already stretched thin, can carry out a complex operation in Belarus – and do so with the right amount of force – is unclear, but they would have to try. Belarus is the tipping point. Lukashenko’s praise of the KGB’s work represents an assurance to the Russians that he has the situation under control and a warning to the West not to intrude.

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He even still calls his secret police "KGB".


Even Russia changed the name to "FSB" some time ago.

That's why Kremlin was interested Lukashenko has blood on his hands. First, Kremlin tried to convince Lukashenko to create a common state. Failed. Then it promoted 3 candidates for elections: Tikhanovsky, Babariko and Tsepkako, but missed the target too. Now protests. Well people in Belarus were ready for a revolt themselves, but Kremlin is stirring them too. And those 33 private military contrators were sent to help. By his reaction to protests and police atrocities Lukashenko already cornered himself and in case of sаnctions it is very likely he will concede to Kremlin.

As for Russia, at given economic sutuation it cannot afford another military intervention, because actual sanctions will look like a walk in the park. Oil embargo and disconnection from SWIFT will be a very severe economic blow to the economy. If the West adds a ban for export of some agricaltural products, this may bring Russia to its knees very fast. But seems today the West does not have balls.

Well, none of the leadership (on both sides of the aisle, sadly) are likely to really stand up to Putin.


It is doubtful the Democrats could stand up to a chihuahua.

Delete this thread.

Why?

I don't like threats.


AC, you are quickly running out of time to explain yourself.

ian bremmer
@ianbremmer
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5h
6,000 protesters arrested
250 injured
2 killed

Clear and egregious violation of human rights happening right now in Belarus.

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You Putin fanbois and Putinbots got a problem with me?

Come and get me.

Oliver Carroll
@olliecarroll
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54m
Protesters released from Lukashenko's jails publish pictures of their injuries. Absolutely shocking — and they will change things.

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All you did was fire me up.

Alex Kokcharov
@AlexKokcharov
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8h
#BREAKING. US Secretary of State
@SecPompeo
urged #Belarus authorities to conduct a fresh presidential #election with international observers present to provide for full transparency:

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Liveuamap
@Liveuamap
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1h
Demonstration today near Embassy of Belarus in Kyiv, demanding from Belarusian authorities to release Ukrainian citizens detained earlier. Photo: Reuters [link to belarus.liveuamap.com (secure)] via
@prm_ua
#Belarus
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Matthew Luxmoore
@mjluxmoore
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3h
Wow. Military servicemen are coming out to give flowers to protesters in Belarus.

“I gave an oath to the people,” this man says.

video:

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@franakviacorka
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3h
"But there is one constituency Mr Lukashenko can no longer turn to: the Belarusian people. They have not yet lost him, but he has lost them"

Very important piece by
@TheEconomist
:


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@pmakela1
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4h
Lukashenko fleeing to exile might be the cue for the Russian troops exercising along the border to intervene.

Unless they have a suitable puppet ready to be propped up..
#Belarus

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Mikhail D.
@Eire_QC
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4h
People are lying in pools of blood. Jail is like a haunted house, screams and crying all over the place.

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Mikhail D.
@Eire_QC
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4h
A russian journalist emprisoned by the Internal troops in #Belarus is leaking informations about the situation in jails. Prisoners beaten, 40 people per cell, women beaten and pulled by the hair on the ground and threatened to be raped. Many forced to sign official documents.

@TadeuszGiczan
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7h
The EU ambassadors to Belarus are laying flowers outside Pushkinskaya metro station in Minsk, where a protester was killed on the second night of clashes. The police still refuse to give his name.

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