SCW NEWSWATCH: "Lukashenko Says He Is Ready to Share Power in Belarus as Protests Mount" - Reuters 8.17.20
"[Belarus' leader] ... Lukashenko ... [says] he would be ready to hold new elections and hand over power after a constitutional referendum, an attempt to pacify mass protests and strikes ... pos[ing] the biggest challenge ... to his rule. ... He faces the threat of [EU] sanctions after a bloody crackdown on protests following what demonstrators say was his rigged re-election victory .... [U.S. and] EU [officials do not] want Russia ... to meddle ... after Moscow told Lukashenko it was ready to provide military help against an external threat. ... Belarus hosts pipelines ... carry[ing] Russian energy exports to the West and is viewed by Moscow as a buffer zone against NATO. ..."
Belarusian opposition presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, now in Lithuania, suggested that Belarusian security and law enforcement officers switch sides, offering to act as a national leader during "this period."
Key Words: Belarus, Russia, Lukashenka, Lukashenko, Putin, Military, EU, Sanctions, Energy, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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