Former Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus, Assistant to the President Alexander Lukashenko Inspector for Grodno region Yuri Karaev linked the protests taking place in the country with the coronavirus pandemic, according to Onliner.by.
According to Karaev, fewer people take to the streets than in August, as “euphoria or intoxication with destructive Telegram channels” passes. Belarusians are beginning to understand what they were told a lie about the situation in the country, I am sure the former head of Ministry of Internal Affairs a>.
“After all, we have a wonderful country, safe, well-fed and calm. Only the blind can not see this,” said Karaev.
According to Lukashenka’s aide, “the people, apparently, want not only bread, but also circuses.” “These people, whom the coronavirus has deprived of some other spectacle, they do not agree with what they cannot formulate. They are and will be for some time. They will walk, wander,” he said.
Fines and arrests have become a “habitual filling of life” for protesters, the ex-minister is sure.
In Belarus, for almost four months, mass protests have continued over the official results of the presidential elections, according to which Lukashenko, who ran for a sixth term, won 80 percent of the vote. At the last rally in Minsk, held on December 6, detained more than 300 people.