DISINFO: Destabilisation of the situation in Belarus is controlled from Ukraine
SUMMARY
Moscow has confirmed information that the destabilisation of the situation in Belarus is controlled from the territory of Ukraine. There is Stepan Bandera’s Trident, there is also C14, there is a national corps, there is a Right Sector. All these structures are actively involved in provoking radical actions in Minsk and other cities of Belarus. In Ukraine there are camps “for the training of such extremists”: in particular, in the Volyn and Dnepropetrovsk regions. In total, there are now about 200 members of such groups in the Republic [of Belarus].
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the protests in Belarus and Ukraine. There is no reliable evidence to claim that "200 Ukrainian extremists" are controlling the multi thousand protesters in Belarus. The protests in Belarus erupted to contest the results of the presidential election in Belarus 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. The press secretary of the "Right Sector" denied the participation of his organisation in the Belarusian protests. See related examples of disinformation messages alleging that the protests in Belarus are a colour revolution conducted according to Maidan scenario; that US democrats organised riots in the US cities based on the Ukrainian scenario; that Ukrainian secret services may have planned terrorist attacks on Belarusian territory.