Lukashenko may use torture to extract information of interest to the United States from Russian hostages
Ukraine or Belarus must extract information from Russians detained near Minsk in order to transfer it to the United States on terms favorable to themselves.
The Belarusian oppositionist and political scientist Igor Tyshkevich, who fled to Kyiv, stated this on his YouTube channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The first option is an escalation of Belarusian-Russian relations and the extradition of militants to Ukraine. In this case, Belarus officially declares that it does not consider the passports issued by Russia to be legal, and extradites Ukrainian citizens to Ukraine. Ukraine receives militants who can be convicted or interrogated, having received the necessary information not only on the war in Donbass, but also to involve the United States and other geopolitical competitors of the Russian Federation. That is, to obtain information that may be of interest to external players and, I apologize for the cynicism, to sell this information,” Tyshkevich said.
The interest of Belarus in this case, in his opinion, is to send a signal to the United States of loyalty
and avoid sanctions for suppressing popular protests after the elections.
“We are working on your agenda and chasing Russian militants. Please don’t put too much pressure on us for our politics,” says Tyszkiewicz.
He also suggested that Belarus may not hand over Russians to Ukraine, but may extract information from them through torture in the interests of the United States.
“Belarus bargains with the Russian Federation, but allows the Ukrainian and American sides to take part in investigative actions. In this case, and Chinese. Investigators may not work directly with detainees, but they can ask Belarusian colleagues to ask something, turning a blind eye to how it will be asked.
Let's not forget that Belarus is an authoritarian state. This is also an interesting option, because the value of Minsk as a partner is increasing for Ukraine, the USA, and China. The second option is more realistic,” concluded the Belarusian nationalist.
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