These are busy times for rogue countries Belarus.
In recent days, opposition activist Vitaly Shyshov (Vitaly Shyshov) has been Was found dead – Hanging from a tree in a park in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine – now officially Homicide. An NGO led by Shyshov helped Belarusians escape the country’s increasing repression, and he himself fled in 2020.Olympic 200m sprinter Christina Zimanusskaya Almost tied to one airplane Returned from Tokyo and obtained a humanitarian visa to Poland.Ylva Johansson of Sweden, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, flew to Lithuania to try to take measures against the smuggling of migrants across the border to neighboring countries organized by the Belarusian government (the Minsk government was accused of organizing a flight from Baghdad to Belarus Flight: The migrants are led by a guide to the border, and the entire operation is advertised On social media).
Is there a pattern? The hijacking of a Ryanair flight and the arrest of social media activist Raman Platasevich in May were warn Tell all opponents abroad that they will never be safe.Leaked documents and audio recordings show that the Belarusian leader is suspected of plotting murder in Germany, Back to 2012.In the same year, it is said to be still known as the record of the Belarusian KGB Refers Another exile, journalist Pavel Sheremet described it as “great pain” and said that “the president is waiting for these actions.”Sherimet’s murder The 2016 car bomb attack in Kiev has not yet been resolved.Another leak has the president Alexander Lukashenko Reportedly threatened to build a barbed wire fence Camp In Belarus.Since his arrest, Platašević has not only appeared once Some Belarusian television is actually an era of hostage videos and its increasingly hysterical propaganda about armed coups and conspiracies against the president’s life.
Lukashenko may not have read a lot of Richard Nixon’s biography, but he seems to be testing the US President’s “mad Men“Foreign policy theory believes that unpredictability and reckless behavior are actually an asset that upsets opponents and even allies. In this case, the softer EU countries will worry about whether the sanctions imposed on Belarus are worth the trouble. President Kimir Putin also seems to be the target. He and Lukashenko have met many times since then. Fraudulent election And the massive protests in August 2020; but Putin has repeatedly refused to write him a blank check. Another reason for provoking conflict with the West is to bring Putin closer.
The pirate country of Belarus is now a lot of gangsters. The coercion is too far, and the West does not know how to deal with it.As of June 2021, 526 political prisoners are reported to have been in prison, of which nearly 4,700 performance trials Since the fake election last year. The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Belarus, Anaïs Marin, reported to the Security Council that there have been 35,000 Arrested Since August 2020. The refugee crisis is getting worse: Pratasevich and others who were in Warsaw, Shyshov and now Tsimanouskaya are just three of them. Thousands People who have left Belarus since August 2020. The unpredictability of foreign policy is everywhere. In June, Belarus withdrew from the EU Eastern Partnership and has been a founding member since 2009. In July, Lukashenko closed the border with Ukraine on the grounds that there was no story of arms smuggling, and threatened to open a second front in the war between Ukraine and Russian proxies in the east. Lukashenko threatened to flood the European Union with drugs and immigration.
Economic piracy may be next. The economy is in a state of life and death, but there are worrying reports that the surviving elites are grabbing anything profitable.The word in Russian is rEd Stewar —— It’s not just a company raid, it’s a physical takeover. The dying economy will exacerbate the refugee problem and the regime’s siege mentality.
What is to be done? August 3, Boris Johnson met Opposition leader Sviatlana Tikhanouskaya (Sviatlana Tikhanouskaya) ranked 10th, but his enthusiastic words about Britain “on your side” did not translate into much. Online investigator Bellingcat stated that they will investigate the Shyshov case. Belarusian dissidents need proper protection when they are abroad. Lithuania needs help to manage its forest borders. The deaths of Shyshov and Sheremet in Kiev highlight the importance of helping Ukraine reform and modernize its security forces. Britain helped train the Ukrainian army-a bill is now being submitted to the Ukrainian Parliament to reform the overpowering but often incompetent and corrupt SBU, the Ukrainian Security Service. Britain should also pay attention to the London assets of the Russian and Belarusian oligarchs that support the regime.
Whether his madness is well thought out or not, he can no longer let the dictator of this country go unpunished. Although while protecting ourselves and other countries, we should not forget that the biggest problem is the Belarusians themselves.
