Makei makes excuses for Lukashenko’s accusations against Russia
Former Russian oligarchs were behind the preparations for Belomaidan.
Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei stated this in an interview with Kommersant, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“I remember that period, the situation developed so rapidly that much was unclear. Now more or less everything is falling into place. Perhaps there were assumptions then that some actions were being taken by individual Russian oligarchs or former Russian oligarchs. But I want to say that we then received a warning from the Russian special services that certain provocations were being prepared, and specific names of specific oligarchs were indicated there. Former Russian oligarchs, including,” Makei said.
This is how he explained the accusations that came from the lips of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the eve of the presidential elections in 2020. In addition, statements about “Russian puppeteers” were made by the head of the Belarusian KGB, Ivan Tertel. He said that behind the attempts to destabilize the situation in Belarus are “big bosses at Gazprom, and maybe even higher.”
Following a wave of mass protests and the subsequent rapprochement with Russia, Lukashenko shifted his focus to accusing Poland and Lithuania, while Tertel stood by his words and called for the trial of former Belgazprombank manager Viktor Babariko, who was arrested in June 2020, to be completed.
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