HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:

https://twitter.com/LinkeviciusL/status/1294584461628264449

Nenonen posted:

Goddammit Batka, don't spill out that you know because now they know that you know!

Although... didn't Belarus originally accuse Russia of sending mercenaries to meddle with the elections? Oh I see this is a clever reverse psychology thing where you tell Putin that you know that western zionist rats are behind this, making Putin believe that you don't know, when in reality you know and you know that Putin doesn't know that you know!!! Genius, otlichna!

Paladinus posted:

Now Lukashenko says that Putin agreed to help if things get too hairy, as outlined in the Union State military agreement.

Nenonen posted:

Goddammit Batka, don't spill out that you know because now they know that you know!

Although... didn't Belarus originally accuse Russia of sending mercenaries to meddle with the elections? Oh I see this is a clever reverse psychology thing where you tell Putin that you know that western zionist rats are behind this, making Putin believe that you don't know, when in reality you know and you know that Putin doesn't know that you know!!! Genius, otlichna!

Grape posted:

He's like a malfunctioning robot, rapidly and randomly shifting between his "gently caress RUSSIA" and "LOVE YOU RUSSIA" modes.

Rinkles posted:

this is very scary in a number of ways

quote:

10 REASONS WHY THERE WILL NOT BE AN INVASION OF RUSSIA

Lukashenko said that he would receive from Moscow “at our first request, comprehensive assistance to ensure the security of the Republic of Belarus,” and mentioned the CSTO in this regard. And now in detail why I do not believe in this horror story.

👉 Russia does not save the falling regimes with troops. To take out the leader - yes, to save the regime, which has no support base left - no.

The only exception is Syria, but there was already a civil war, and Russian troops did not occupy the territory, they mainly worked through airstrikes. Whom should we bomb? Workshops MTZ and Belaz? Or the striking Belteleradiocompany?

👉 Belarusians do not want external intervention and do not want to be part of Russia. Here is the most recent poll of the Academy of Sciences: for joining the Russian Federation - less than 7%. For a closer union - less than 25%. The rest are for the friendship of independent countries. Belarus is not Crimea, which, like, asked him to be saved from the Nazis. There will be no roses.

👉 A people who does not ask to be saved will have to be held back with great force. The occupation troops are tens of thousands of people. And if partisanship begins, which is almost inevitable in this case and on such a social upsurge - hundreds of thousands. And thousands of victims. There is simply no more gentle way.

👉 Such an intervention is the loss of the Belarusian people even longer than the Ukrainian one. A people who are friendly to Russia today. According to the polls of Vardomatsky's laboratory, more than 70% support the current format of relations - without borders and customs, only 5-7% - for breaking ties.

👉 Add to this the flow of coffins home, the claims of their own people, who have not been explained that Bandera's people are striving for power in Minsk, as well as the unprecedentedly severe sanctions of the West.

👉 And all for what? For the sake of not leaving Belarus to the EU? Today's opposition is not in favor of this. And this is absurd given the current dependence of Minsk on Moscow. Leaving the EAEU and closing access to the Russian market means stopping the entire economy for a month. We owe Russia more than 70% of our external debt.

👉 The invasion does not solve the problem of internal stability either. The workers will not return to the factories, there will be a collapse of the banking system, tens of billions will have to be injected for humanitarian needs. And these are five Crimea by population. Recall that the Russian economy has not yet recovered itself after the coronavirus.

👉 The protesters do not come out with anti-Russian or pro-Western slogans. There is no such agenda at all. The Kremlin is not blind and sees this. Russia has accepted the results of the same unrelated revolutions in Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.

Moscow is always reorienting itself to the winning side. Especially realizing that this side is no more hostile than the authorities taking Russian citizens as hostages for the elections.

👉 Read the Kremlin's statement after your morning conversation with Lukashenko. There is a lot about friendship between peoples and enemies, but not a word about support for the current Belarusian president. The Kremlin has taken a wait-and-see attitude.

👉 For lawyers. The CSTO Charter does not provide for military assistance without external aggression (an armed attack threatening security, stability, territorial integrity and sovereignty) against a member state. Lukashenka blamed the Russians for this throughout the campaign and is now trying to portray a threat from the West.

But it is even difficult to come up with it in this situation. According to rumors, high-ranking Russians and Europeans are already calling up and laughing at these stories. A hybrid attack from the Telegram channel NEXTA is not spelled out in the CSTO charter.

P.S. In order to prevent such a scenario in the future, in case of victory, the transitional Belarusian authorities should not touch Soviet monuments, change symbols or cancel the state status of the Russian language in euphoria. But given that there will be a lot of things to do, and according to all available polls, these measures in Belarus are not supported by the majority, I see no reason to think that the transitional government will go crazy and start doing this at all.

Vasukhani posted:

hit with a grenade?

Amazing thing for a president of Belarus to say (1994) posted:

It is impossible to express anything great in Belarusian. The Belarusian language is a poor language. There are only two great languages in the world. Russian and English.

Luka on Obama (2008) posted:

I look at Obama, a young man, a good-looking person. That is my first impression, I feel sorry for him. He looks 100% like Lukashenko, when I came to power after the downfall of the Soviet Union. The store shelves were empty, a severe financial crisis.

Luka to a German reporter (1995) posted:

The history of Germany is to a certain degree a copy of the history of Belarus. Germany was raised from ruins thanks to firm authority by a man known as Adolf Hitler.

Luka on Hitler posted:

Not everything related to that well-known figure Adolf Hitler was bad. German order evolved over the centuries and attained its peak under Hitler.

Luka on fascism posted:

I spoke of Hitler, yes. Yeah, a fascist was in power. A real idiot who killed so many people. But they did unite the nation. They succeeded in uniting the nation with an iron hand. This approach had results, so don’t blame me for wanting to have a serious tough government in the Republic of Belarus.

Luka on Jews (2007) posted:

Have you been to Babruysk? Have you seen the miserable state the town is in? It was such a shithole. It was mostly a Jewish town. The Jews are not concerned for well-being of the place they live in. I don't mean to be insulting to them, but Jews don’t really care if the place looks nice.

Mokotow posted:

Also, I find it super lovely that neither Brown Moses, nor the mods have enough decency to put the AP video of Aliaksandr Taraikouski’s gory death behind at least a spoiler tag.

Rinkles posted:

He edited it right away. On desktop only the hyperlink is displayed because BM added the nsw tag. But I think the Awful app ignores it.

Mokotow posted:

Batka’s banter with the crowd:


- Do you want freedom?
- No!
- Do you want changes?
- No!
- Do you want reforms?
- No!

HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:

HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:

https://twitter.com/XSovietNews/status/1295029654147956736

Charliegrs posted:

Are there any doubts about the loyalty of the Belarusian military to Lukashenko? I'm asking because I find it odd all the rumors that he might ask Putin to send in the Russian military to put down the protests. Like why doesn't Luka just send in his own military? Unless maybe they can't be trusted to shoot at their own countrymen? (I hope that's the case)

Baka-nin posted:

Well he already has sent units of the military to back up the police, I've seen footage of former service personnel denouncing them as disgraces to the nation and photos of uniforms dumped in bins.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-53776463/belarus-uniform-shame-becomes-viral-protest

I've also seen photos of what appear to be Serbian mercenaries already active too.

https://twitter.com/lubaromanko/status/1294698514824355840?s=20