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Disinfo: Western involvement is clearly seen on the colour revolution of Belarus

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The Western involvement can be clearly traced in the events in Belarus … The protest activities, since their inception, have an organised character and are coordinated from abroad. The United States plays a pivotal role in the current events in Belarus.

It is possible to speak here of a poorly camouflaged attempt to organise another colour revolution and an unconstitutional coup whose aims have nothing to do with the interests of the citizens of Belarus.

Disproof

This is part of an ongoing Russian disinformation campaign on Belarus based on recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives, such as accusing other countries of interference and portraying popular protests against electoral fraud in the country as a Western-led colour revolution.

There is no evidence that the US or other Western nations are trying to destabilise the situation or create a coup in Belarus. 

The protests in Belarus erupted to contest the results of the presidential elections in Belarus that took place on the 9 August, which are considered fraudulent by a large part of Belarusian society. The European Union has also stated that the elections were neither free nor fair.

There is no evidence that the protests in Belarus are funded and organised externally.

Pro-Kremlin media frequently use disinformation narratives about popular protests around the world allegedly incited and funded by the US and other Western states. It has been applied, among others, to protests in Ukraine, Venezuela, Georgia, and Belarus, as well as to present a deceiving narrative on the aggressive West constantly preparing new coups.

Read similar disinformation cases: The Baltic States and Poland are blowing Belarus up from the inside, Ukrainian militants are staying in Belarus to carry out a coup d'etat, in Belarus, there are signs of a colour revolution, but hybrid one.

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  • Reported in: Issue 212
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 16/09/2020
  • Language/target audience: Arabic
  • Country: Russia, Belarus, US
  • Keywords: West, Protest, Colour revolutions, Coup

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