Russian FSB detains two individuals plotting coup in Belarus, assassination of Lukashenko

Russian FSB detains two individuals plotting coup in Belarus, assassination of Lukashenko

According to the FSB, Zyankovich arrived in Moscow after consultations in the United States and Poland to hold meetings with representatives of the Belarusian Armed Forces so as to persuade them to join a military coup involving local and Ukrainian nationalists.

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The factors drawing Putin and Xi together

A strong sense of empathy with Russia on the part of China is only natural as it too faces predicaments such as being forced to the back foot on the issue of human rights in Xinjiang or being branded as “assertive” when it began reviving in 2015 its historical claims in the South China Sea from where they were abandoned in 1935, in response to the activities of the other littoral states.

It is an open secret that Western intelligence had a big hand in stirring up the unrest in Hong Kong. In fact, the history of US interference in China’s internal affairs to destabilize the Communist government is not new. It goes back to the Central Intelligence Agency’s covert activities in Tibet in the 1950s and early 1960s (which were at least partly responsible for triggering the 1962 China-India conflict).

The factors drawing Putin and Xi together

‘Sort out your own internal affairs,’ Lukashenko tells Macron after French leader calls for his resignation

RT | September 27, 2020 Responding to Macron, Lukashenko quipped that Minsk is ready to provide a venue for negotiations on “a peaceful transition of power [from the French president] to any of the above-mentioned groups.”

‘Sort out your own internal affairs,’ Lukashenko tells Macron after French leader calls for his resignation

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Belarus to abandon outreach to West & focus foreign policy on developing relationship with Russia & China – influential senior MP

Belarus to abandon outreach to West & focus foreign policy on developing relationship with Russia & China – influential senior MP

In his opinion, Belarus’ “top priority” should now be “strengthening political, economic and military relations with Russia, within the framework of the Union State.” The MP also noted that the country should focus on its relationships with China, India, Iran, Turkey and Vietnam, to help the country become part of a “Eurasian macroregion.”