Street unrest in Belarus do not allow to judge how the campaign is planned and managed. According to President Lukashenko, the riots koordiniruyutsya from abroad. The opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovski from participating in the protests were withdrawn. The opinions of analysts differ: some believe that the protest is spontaneous and therefore decentralized. Other – in Belarus is driven around the technology of “pulverized Maidan”.
On Monday, the candidate in presidents of Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovski filed a complaint to the CEC about violations during the election campaign, saying that he considers himself the winner of Sunday’s vote. The representative of its election campaign Maria Kolesnikova added that the staff is going all week only to conduct its own vote count.
“We have until August 14, exactly the same as the CEC, conduct the counting of protocols. We will compare our data with the data of the CEC. The process is just beginning. We will build mechanisms to work with the authorities”, – quotes its TASS.
It is noteworthy that the calls for rallies in ally Tikhanovski refrained. And she Tikhanovski announced that it would not participate in street protests to avoid possible provocations.
“Why is the headquarters of the United opposition ran away on the eve of elections, calling people to the barricades and taking responsibility for these processes?”, – asks a rhetorical question the political scientist, the employee of Institute of philosophy of NAS of Belarus Piotr Petrovsky.
“They instigated a coup attempt through the testing of the latest technology network “buling-Maidan”. On the one hand, the persecution of the authorities, law enforcement agencies, election commissions. On the other hand, “sprayed” violent protests are not concentrated in the center cities,” explains Peter newspaper VIEW.
Belarusian political scientist believes that Minsk must now initiate an international investigation “on the facts of gross interference in Belarusian elections from Russia, the European Union and the United States.” Petrovsky suggests that the protests have revealed a surprising Alliance “between the Russian fuel and energy complex and the establishment of the US Democratic party and their allies in the European Union”.
“the Russian monopolist does not want to create a single oil and gas markets and is a rather tough position on this matter Lukashenko,” – said Belarusian political analyst.
The version of the authorities on the coordination of protests from the “outside” is kind of confirmed by the activity that has developed in these days Telegram channels. For example, Nexta Live, which leads the Belarusian Expat living in Warsaw Stepan Putilo. It spread subversive advice to the protesters that coincide with manuals�� Kiev Maidan:
“Stay in large groups!”, “Do hitch hands”, “Try maximum to disable vehicles and paddy wagons!”.
The memo lists proxy that helps to bypass the blocking of websites. In addition, OMON urge to side with the protesters. There appeared ipasavyo General strike.
Earlier, the head of state Alexander Lukashenko said that the riots in the Republic involved in the “people” from the Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic and Russia. Even the Internet in Belarus on Sunday were cut off, according to Papa, too, “from abroad” with the purpose “to cause discontent among the population”, reports RIA Novosti.
“those are Mistaken who think that these protests someone managed that it is possible to find the instigators, and thus they were quickly suppressed. The protesters have no support from outside. This brand of the Belarusian national protest,” argues in an interview with the newspaper VIEW Anna krasulina, press Secretary Tikhanovski.
“These protests is a huge majority of the Belarusian people. We hope that within our government there are a couple people that are able to realize it. Be aware that the current government has exhausted itself. So in their own interests as quickly as possible to get in touch to discuss the transfer of power to victorious in these elections Svetlana Tikhanovski,” added krasulina.
We will remind, on Monday, the Central election Commission of Belarus announced the preliminary results of the presidential elections: incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko scored 80,23%, for Svetlana Tikhanovski voted to 9.9%, against all – of 6.02%. The turnout was a record 84,23%. The leaders of China and Russia congratulated Lukashenko on his re-election.
Immediately after the closing of the polling stations in Minsk and other cities began mass clashes of protesters with Riot police. By Monday morning the Belarusian law enforcers harshly ousted the protesters from the city centre, is actively using flash-Bang grenades and pepper gas. There were reports of injured and one dead. However, the interior Ministry denied this information, she “lost” the opposition alive. However, on Monday evening, the interior Ministry reported about the death of one of the protesters. As the cause of death nazivaetsa explosion in the hand of an unidentified explosive device, which the applicant had intended to throw in a side of law enforcement.
In just the first day of protests in 33 cities arrested more than 3 thousand people.
Emigrated to Moscow, the Belarusian political analyst Dmitry Bolkunets believes that the influence of overseas opinion leaders by using a “Telegram” on the behavior of groups of protesters in the center of Minsk exaggerated.
“To some extent they affect the events, but as sources of information. I wouldn’t consider Blo��jers as the engine of protest,” he told the newspaper VIEW.
According to Bakunzi, the protests fueling the economic situation in the Republic.
“These protests, no one controls, they have acquired a spontaneous nature. Nothing to eat, the salaries are small in the regions people have no work. We can say that the people exercise some kind of “exhaust”. This natural perturbation of the data published by the CEC. But it is unlikely it will grow into something serious orderly movement because it was not much prepared. It can be assumed that the government in the coming days will attempt to stop the protests, simultaneously delaying the sacrament to the people”, – predicts expert.
