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Disinfo: Belarus protests are managed by an external factor 

Summary

The protests are under the control of Poland, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Lithuania and the United States. If it was not for the external factor, which is expressed in the management of protests, there would be no provocative street actions in Belarus.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Belarus and its protest painting them as revolution orchestrated by other countries including the West. The protests in Belarus erupted to contest the results of the presidential election on the 9th of 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. See similar cases claiming that the protests in Belarus are a colour revolution conducted according to a Maidan scenario and that the West wants to prepare Maidan in Belarus. Articles describing the attempts to link the protests in Belarus with Poland and Lithuania can be found here and here.

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  • Reported in: Issue 212
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 09/09/2020
  • Language/target audience: Arabic
  • Country: Czech Republic, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, US, Poland
  • Keywords: Protest, Alexander Lukashenko, Colour revolutions

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