DISINFO: The actions of the protesters in Belarus are controlled by foreign centers
SUMMARY
The actions of the protesters in Belarus are controlled by foreign centers, they also finance opposition activists, provide them with information support.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Belarus protests and, in general, about protests in post-communist countries, presenting them as being organised and controlled from abroad. Neither in the text nor elsewhere there is no any evidence that the West or other foreign forces are involved in any way in the protests in Belarus. Large-scale protests began in Minsk on August 9 against the results of the presidential election, and then in other cities. People revolted against what they call election fraud but also against the aggressiveness of the police, who arrested and ill-treated hundreds of rally participants. The European Council condemned, on 19 August 2020, the violence against peaceful protesters and announced that it would soon adopt a list of sanctions for those responsible for violence in Belarus. ”As the elections in Belarus were neither free nor fair, and did not meet international standards, the EU does not recognize the results presented by the Belarus authorities”, is mentioned in a European Council press release. Se here similar case, claiming that the West is preparing a ”colorful revolution” in Belarus and here a case about ”western curators” of ”Belarussian maidan”.