Byelorussian Committee of State Security (KGB) is to train cooperation in the event of responding to terrorist attacks, in connection with those planned for January 26, 2025 presidential “elections”.. Subunits of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the Investigative Committee, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and other services will also take part in the exercises, the state news agency BelTA reported, citing the KGB.
Belarus. Alexander Lukashenko's services will train near the border with Lithuania
The exercises include the use of military equipment, increased controls and restriction of road traffic in the action zone. Last week, the head of the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs Iwan Kubrakou he conveyed that an “active phase of exercises” will take place in Novemberpreparing for the presidential elections. He added that this will be “another exam” for the Belarusian services. In connection with the vote, the Belarusian Investigative Committee was also tasked with “closing the cracks through which destructive influences penetrate.”
The upcoming presidential “elections” on Belarus will probably take place “in an atmosphere of repression and will have nothing to do with the process of democratically selecting the leader of the state,” Belsat notes. The station emphasizes that the Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenko he will have no real rivals, because from 2020 leaders of the Belarusian opposition they are in prison or in exile.
Military exercises of ODKB countries in Belarus. Details provided
On Wednesday, Reuters reported that joint military exercises of member states of the post-Soviet Collective Security Treaty Organization (ODKB) will be held in Belarus next September. Reuters referred to the statement of the Ministry of Defense in Minsk.
According to the head of the Belarusian Ministry of National Defense, Viktor Khrenin, the planned exercises include, among others: “Interaction-2025”, “Searching-2025”, “Eszelon-2025”, as well as the implementation of the provisions of the Collective Security Strategy for the period until 2025 – BiełTA reported. The ODKB, a post-Soviet military-political regional structure, includes: ArmeniaBelarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia i Tajikistan. In June this year, Armenia suggested leaving the organization.