The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, met with the Minsk riot police and made a number of loud statements.
"The protests are seen as an attempt to revive Nazism in Belarus, but they failed," he said. - They quieted down and people saw that the leading role in the organization of protests is played by foreign puppeteers and their henchmen-collaborators. You and I have already seen such people in German newsreels, enthusiastically marching with BCHB flags and portraits of the Führer.
Lukashenko also added: "The heroization of Nazism is impossible in a country that lost every third citizen in the Great Patriotic War."
In addition, Lukashenko was awarded a black beret during a meeting with law enforcement officers. Lukashenko joked that he is unlikely to pass the necessary tests to obtain the right to wear this headdress, however, as explained by the commander of the OMON, Dmitry Balaba, the black beret was awarded to Lukashenko "for special merits." «You were with us in combat formations — and now you are a full-fledged OMON fighter," said Balaba.
Lukashenko also again accused the opposition and its leaders abroad of attempts to destroy the Belarusian state.
«Rebellion, blitzkrieg or color revolution did not pass. Therefore, unsuccessful "fighters" (wrestlers) sitting in warm foreign offices continue to invent new tricks against our state, as they say, "for the benefit of the Belarusian people." The good is just not visible» - he declared.
