Coup in Belarus after Lukashenko wins the presidency again

In Minsk, unknown people captured and took Maria Kolesnikova
Tikhanovskaya called terror the kidnapping of opposition leaders
More than a hundred Belarusian companies have thought about moving to Latvia
Interfax

Ten Belarusian companies intend to move their operations to Latvia amid continuing protests after the presidential elections in Belarus, said Kaspars Rozkalns, director of the Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA):
http://go.tass.ru/XyLK

Belarusian Interior Ministry knows nothing about detention of Maria Kolesnikova
https://tass.com/world/1198079

Opposition activist Latushko stated about more than 10 thousand people detained in Belarus since August 9:
http://go.tass.ru/Xya

Opposition of Belarus warned the European Parliament about the possibility of "mass bloodshed. Protest potential remains, and at any moment can "happen irreparable," said a member of the Coordinating Council of the opposition, Alexander Yaroshuk:
http://go.tass.ru/Xy3Y

The head of the European Union diplomacy, Josep Borrel, called on Minsk to stop "intimidation of citizens" and violations of obligations:
http://go.tass.ru/XyuT

Belarusian authorities confirmed the detention of Kolesnikova.
The source reported that Kolesnikova ripped her passport at the border.
Peskov excluded Moscow's contacts with the Belarusian opposition council
Ukraine confirmed arrival of two Belarusian oppositionists
Interfax


The European Union prefers to believe in doctors rather than Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko when it comes to the situation with Alexei Navalny. This was stated by the representative of the EU foreign policy service Peter Stano:
http://go.tass.ru/XgkN

Lukashenko admitted that he "slightly overdid" in the presidential chair:
http://go.tass.ru/Xgxk

PACE Chairman called on Minsk to stop the detention of protesters in Belarus:
http://go.tass.ru/Xg8J
Vice Speaker of the State Duma Tolstoy urged PACE not to interfere in the affairs of Belarus:
http://go.tass.ru/Xglj


The Kremlin as a whole is not ready to admit that there are political prisoners in Belarus. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov:
http://go.tass.ru/Xg1e

Lukashenko asked Kiev to return two Belarusian oppositionists
Kolesnikova was found in the border guard detachment in the Gomel region of Belarus
At a solidarity rally with Kolesnikova in Minsk arrests took place
Detained lawyer of the former presidential candidate's headquarters Babariko
Belarusian opposition activist Znak was detained
Lukashenko stated that Belarus' integration with Russia is impossible.
The President of Belarus fired the head of the KGB because 33 Russians were detained
Lukashenko will come to Moscow next week
Alexeyevich called what is happening in Belarus a rebellion.
Lukashenko has appointed a new Prosecutor General
More than 120 people were detained at rallies in Belarus on Tuesday
Interfax

All Belarusian enterprises work despite calls for strikes, said Lukashenko:
http://go.tass.ru/X9h6.
The integration with Russia, prescribed in the union agreement, can no longer be realized, said Lukashenko:
http://go.tass.ru/X9PG.
Belarus would enter the war in case of aggression against Russia from the West, said Lukashenko:
http://go.tass.ru/XV5y
Lukashenko said that there are no real parties in Belarus now:
http://go.tass.ru/XV3b.
Lukashenko announced the congress of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly in December-January:
http://go.tass.ru/XVDR
Svetlana Alexievich said she did not want to leave Belarus.
Unknown people are trying to get into the apartment of Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich, reported the media:
http://go.tass.ru/XVue

Despite sparring on many issues, Lukashenko stands with Putin on security:
https://tass.com/world/1199003

The fraction of the European Parliament nominated Tikhanovskaya, Kolesnikova and Cepkalo for the Sakharov Prize:
http://go.tass.ru/X4PM.

The European Union demanded that Belgrade abandon the upcoming exercise in Belarus. In response, the government of the Balkan Republic decided to freeze all military exercises with all countries for six months:
http://go.tass.ru/X9Mj.
The Serbian side did not send to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) the official refusal to participate in the "Indestructible Brotherhood" exercise scheduled for this year:
http://go.tass.ru/X4mJ.

The father of Maria Kolesnikova told us that his daughter was not going to leave Belarus,
video: https://twitter.com/tass_agency/status/1303707820907466754


Kolesnikova is a suspect in the case of calls for the seizure of power in Belarus: http://go.tass.ru/X9gZ.


Таск предложил выдвинуть семью Тихановских на соискание Нобелевской премии мира:
http://go.tass.ru/X9Ex

Tusk proposed to nominate the Tihanovsky family for the Nobel Peace Prize:
http://go.tass.ru/X9Ex.


BelTA state agency reported (September that Kolesnikova was detained while trying to cross the border with Ukraine illegally.
According to Kolesnikov's comrades-in-arms, the three of them were forced to be expelled to Ukraine, but Kolesnikov's passport was torn and she had to be detained.

"There were threats to take my life, which were perceived by me in reality. In particular, it was stated that if I did not voluntarily leave the territory of the Republic of Belarus, I would still be taken out: alive or in pieces. There were also threats to deprive me of liberty for up to 25 years, to cause me problems in places of detention, in places of confinement, which I also perceived as real,"
Lawyer Kolesnikova claimed that her client had bruises.
She wrote that after refusing to leave the country, she was placed in a cell where she was kept for about an hour. "During my illegal detention in GUBOPIK (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus), the KGB, using every opportunity, I told the passing employees that I was kidnapped, demanded to inform my lawyer and father about the location," - said in a statement Kolesnikova.
https://www.interfax.ru/world/725334


A miner chained himself to the equipment in the mine and demanded Lukashenko's resignation.
https://www.interfax.ru/world/725313

Ex-presidential candidate will create a political party
https://www.interfax.ru/world/725290



"I want to tell you in a manly manner, so that we do not have some kind of understatement. I am often reproached for the fact that "he will not give up power. They reproach me correctly. The people didn't choose me for this. Like you, too, are the owners of this power, its bearers," said Lukashenko when introducing the new Prosecutor General in Minsk on Thursday. The State Agency BelTA quotes him as saying.
"The power is not given to take it, throw it and give it away," he said.
According to him, "in the mid-90s, it (the power - IA) was lying in the mud, and their feet were wiped with it. "As well as about you - those who wore shoulder straps. Many of you remember this period. And I do not want Belarus to go back to that time. So no one will dare to throw the power in the mud as they demand," he said.
https://www.interfax.ru/world/725325

Lukashenko urged to take "sharper measures" against the organizers of the opposition council:
https://is.gd/arC7QH.

The new Prosecutor General of Belarus, Andrei Shved, said that the Prosecutor General's Office would strengthen its efforts to prevent violations of public order, and any such actions would be stopped at the root:
http://go.tass.ru/XRgp.

The Investigative Committee of Belarus initiated 43 criminal cases on threats to officials in connection with the performance of their duties. This was reported on Thursday by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"As of September 9 122 threats to officials in connection with performance of their official duties were registered.
https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/9422997?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share

the parliament in Lithuania called on the international community to analyze the Russian-Belarusian agreements
"The resolution of the Seim of Lithuania on the agreements between Russia and Belarus is a direct and outright interference in the affairs of sovereign states. Lithuanian parliamentarians have appropriated the right to speak on behalf of the Belarusian people, which no one gave them," said the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs, Leonid Slutskiy.
https://tass.ru/politika/9421599?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share


The Belarusian authorities could not agree with the International Monetary Fund on the provision of financial support to the republic due to the worsening global economic situation and the pandemic of the new coronavirus:
http://go.tass.ru/XUsW

Belorussian speaks about the opposition's flag choice. Credits: TheRevolutionReport pic.twitter.com/ccNDW91ceY

— Troy ☭ | ️ (@LiberatedLabor) September 12, 2020

Minsk pic.twitter.com/HCVOBSpAdZ

— Russian Market (@russian_market) September 12, 2020

WATCH: #Belarus embassy in Paris invaded by #FEMEN — a group who participated in burning people alive during Ukrainian Maidan in 2014- where Nazis overthrew the UKR Govt. They’re hiding behind a feminist movement, when in reality they’re Nazi collaborators pic.twitter.com/2XXTXdyZDP

— AS-Source News / MILITARY (@ASBMilitary) September 13, 2020

BELARUS - OMON units detain female opposition activists in Minsk. pic.twitter.com/bIxzd6qr5r

— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) September 13, 2020

Minsk today pic.twitter.com/rx9LZBTbQE

— Russian Market (@russian_market) September 13, 2020

President #Putin congratulated #Lukashenko for his recent victory, he expressed also the hope that current Belarusian problems will be solved through dialogue and without foreign interference.#Belarus pic.twitter.com/y7JOpTq6GC

— Enrico Kremlin-affiliated (@Russ_Warrior) September 14, 2020

#Lukashenko: "Latest events convinced me that it's necessary to get closer to our older brother (#Russia)."pic.twitter.com/PFxML4hWvZ

— Enrico Kremlin-affiliated (@Russ_Warrior) September 14, 2020

#Belarus #KGB announced the arrest of six members of a Right militant group training in the forest in the Mogilev region, some of whom were carrying #Ukrainian symbols and flags on their uniforms. pic.twitter.com/InlJU6Z2PA

— Su-57 5th Gen Fighter (@5thSu) September 16, 2020

Stuck on the border between Belarus and Ukraine, the Hasids, dressed up in Ukrainian national costumes, sang the Ukrainian national anthem to be allowed to the city of Uman, Cherkassy region, to celebrate the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah:
http://go.tass.ru/X2Fj


The Belarusian opposition will create a "black list" of law enforcement officers.
https://www.interfax.ru/

EP calls Belarus’ Coordination Council ‘interim representation of the people’:
https://tass.com/world/1201923

Lukashenko says foreign strategists tried to split Belarusian elite:
https://tass.com/world/1201529

Lukashenko accuses independent media outlets of undermining credibility of the state:
https://tass.com/world/1201587

West plotted Belarusian protests for ten years — Lukashenko
https://tass.com/world/1201543

Zakharova said that practical work on constitutional reform has already begun in Belarus:
http://go.tass.ru/X207.

The European Parliament (EP) called on the national sports federations to revoke the decision to hold the 2021 World Ice Hockey Championship in Belarus due to "human rights violations".
https://tass.ru/sport/9482707?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share

The European Parliament refused to recognize Alexander Lukashenko as president at the end of his current term and demanded severe, including financial, sanctions against Minsk, as well as against Russian citizens who "supported Lukashenko:
http://go.tass.ru/XH6K.

"After fruitful talks with the President and the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation we decided to strengthen the security on the border of the Union State" - #Belarus President #Lukashenko pic.twitter.com/FPaDos6b3C

— Enrico Kremlin-affiliated (@Russ_Warrior) September 17, 2020

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EU: 'We don't recognise Lukashenko as legitimate president'

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/eu-don-recognise-lukashenko-legitimate-president-200915114733368.html

BELARUS - Armoured vehicles on the way to the Presidential Palace in Minsk. pic.twitter.com/fB7oDRfPV6

— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) September 20, 2020

Opposition protest in Minsk pic.twitter.com/atpLGnksKU

— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) September 20, 2020

EU foreign ministers could not agree on sanctions against Belarus

The EU will continue to work with Lukashenko, despite the fact that its legitimacy is not recognized.

The Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces arrived in Belarus for the exercise.

Interfax


A member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council of the Belarusian opposition, Olga Kovalkova, said in the European Parliament that constitutional reform in Belarus is impossible while President Alexander Lukashenko remains in power and demanded his resignation:
http://go.tass.ru/XM3D.

WATCH: #Minsk. In Sukharevo, people have lit lanterns and are marching with white-red-white flags. The March is gaining momentum.
pic.twitter.com/HZfuv3EIP6

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