DISINFO: Protests in Belarus are driven by Americans from the center near Warsaw
SUMMARY
The Poles have exalted themselves this week. The impression is that they again, as if at the beginning of the 17th century, are trying to arrange the Time of Troubles on our territory. That lesson has never been learned. And Poland, in alliance with Lithuania, returns to its old ways. And of course, this whole story is not about Belarus. The goal is to make a mess of Russia. For Poland and Lithuania, this is already a centuries-old idea. Today their reanimate it. They believe it is a new chance. There is no destabilisation in the country [of Belarus]. And you know, if it were not for the external factor, this would not have had happened. Both we and the Russians know who is in charge and from where. The Americans are running it from the centre near Warsaw through well-known telegram channels. The Coordination Council, about which the opposition talks so much, does not represent the Belarusian society.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the protests in Belarus. See previous conspiracy 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. 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.