Putin creates special squads to help Lukashenka during protests in Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had created a reserve of security officials to help the Belarusian authorities. According to him, they will not use force until the protesters start setting fire to cars and houses. Writes about it RBC.

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In an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel, Vladimir Putin said that a detachment of law enforcement officers had been formed who could be sent to a neighboring country “to stabilize the situation.”

“Alexander Grigorievich (Lukashenko) asked me to form a certain reserve of law enforcement officers. And I did it, ”Putin said.

According to the Russian president, the security forces will not be involved until the “extremist elements” (that is how the protesters were called) cross “certain borders” and start “setting fire to cars, houses, banks”, and proceed to attempts to seize administrative buildings.

Putin noted that there is no need to use Russian military support yet. This decision was made during a dialogue with Lukashenka.

On August 15, Lukashenko announced that he had agreed with Putin to provide assistance to Minsk "at the first request" in the event of external military threats.

“When it comes to the military component, we have an agreement with the Russian Federation within the framework of the Union State and the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization). These are the moments that fit this agreement, ”he stressed.

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The Russian President, commenting on Lukashenko's words, said that "there is no need to hide anything here." According to him, the agreement contains all the relevant clauses, which imply the provision of assistance to each other to protect sovereignty, stability and external borders.

After the presidential elections, in which, according to the documents of the Belarusian CEC, Lukashenka won for the sixth time, mass protests began in Belarus. Opposition candidates disagreed with the election results, calling them rigged.

According to official data, Lukashenka won over 80% of the electorate. At the same time, his rivals said that Svetlana Tikhanovskaya gained 80%. In the first few days, security forces dispersed protesters with noise and smoke grenades, truncheons, tear gas and rubber bullets. About seven thousand demonstrators were detained, four, according to the United Nations (UN), were killed and many were injured of varying severity. According to the Ministry of Health of Belarus, 158 victims are in hospitals.

Peaceful protests have been going on in the republic for more than 18 days, starting from the evening of August 9, after the announcement of the election results. Throughout the country, participants marches, pickets and form a chain of solidarity. The protests were also supported by workers of large Belarusian companies, including MAZ, BelAZ and MTZ, all of them declared a strike.

The wave of support for the Belarusians spread all over the world. The largest shares took place in Washington (chain of unity) and New York (constantly growing ralliesdeveloping into marches).

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• In Belarus, on Sunday, August 9, the presidential elections were held, which were initially accompanied by mass protests of people who disagreed with the policies of the current president, Alexander Lukashenko, who has been ruling the country for 26 years. After the announcement of the results protests erupted with renewed vigor, many disagree and doubt their veracity.
• Thousands of people gathered to protest against falsification of elections in Belarus. They are beaten and dispersed by the security forces. One person died... Svetlana Tihanovskaya left the country.
• On August 12, the European Union and the United States announced that the presidential elections in Belarus on August 9, in which the incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner, were neither free nor fair... The EU and the US plan to impose new sanctions against Minsk.
• August 12 police officers opened fire to kill the protesters.
• 12 August women in different cities of the country formed living chains and sang lullabies near the monuments. TV presenters were fired from state channels, and military personnel and police officers threw uniforms and insignia into garbage cans.
• How detained protesters are bullied in Belarus, read in our material.
• For those affected by the protests already raised over two million dollars... At the same time, the money is collected through the personal Facebook of the campaign organizer, and there will be no detailed reporting on payments. But this is the only working scheme for Belarus - otherwise the fundraisers may be jailed.
• August 16, Minsk hosted the largest political protest in the history of Belarus - hundreds of thousands of people came out under white-red-white flags. The “Freedom March”, as the opposition called its action, took place immediately after the rally in support of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
• On August 19, a coordinating council of the opposition, created by supporters of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya for the transfer of power in the country, began work in Belarus. Alexander Lukashenko called the creation of the council an attempt to seize power and threatened with harsh measures.

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