The US State Department denies the involvement of Washington in the “attempt” on Lukashenka

• On April 17, the FSB informed about the detention in Russia two citizens of Belarus – political scientist Alexander Feduta and lawyer Yuri Zenkovich, who allegedly prepared a military coup in Belarus “according to the worked-out scenario of” color revolutions “with the involvement of local and Ukrainian nationalists”, as well as the physical elimination of Alexander Lukashenko, who considers himself the president of Belarus. The Russian intelligence service said Zenkovich arrived in Moscow after “consultations with the US Embassy” in Poland.
• On the same day Lukashenka announced the preparation of an attempt on his life and sons, allegedly with the involvement of the FBI and the CIA on sanctions from Washington. He called Zenkovich an “agent” of the American intelligence services.
• Also on April 17 on the air of the Belarusian state channel ONT a story was released in which fragments of an online conference were shown, among the participants of which, besides Zenkovich and Feduta, were the leader of the Belarusian Popular Front opposition party Grigory Kostusev (also detained) and several other people. “Task number one is to eliminate the most important thing. Task number two is to occupy, block the OMON. Task number three is to occupy a number of symbolic objects in the city center, including radio stations and television, and read out an appeal. external troops, “Zenkovich says in these footage.

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