The command of the special police detachment (OMON) of Minsk handed over to the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko a > black beret is the highest insignia of Belarusian riot police, BelTA informs.
The decision to award Lukashenko was made by the council of the unit commanders. The Belarusian leader joked that he could not pass the tests for the right to wear a beret. The head of the Minsk riot police Dmitry Balaba said in response that Lukashenka has the right to receive this award “for special merits.” “You were with us in battle formations, and now you are a full-fledged OMON fighter,” the security official said.
Lukashenka also presented orders and medals to riot policemen and said that the historical duty of the security forces is to preserve Belarus for “our children and grandchildren.” “And we will preserve it, no matter what it costs us,” said the head of the republic.
Earlier chapter KGB of Belarus Ivan Tertel explained the deaths of Belarusian protesters at the hands of riot police by the fact that they” brazenly stood “in front of the security forces. He added that the police in the United States are much tougher towards the protesters.
In Belarus, for the fifth month, mass protests continue after the presidential elections on August 9. Protest actions are harshly suppressed by the security forces. Tens of thousands of people were detained, many of them told about torture and beatings in isolation wards. Four people were killed during clashes with security forces.