Lukashenko secretly met with American presidents
At today's big press conference of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in addition to complimentary journalists from the CIS countries, two Western journalists were present.
They staged a demonstrative dressing down, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The first to come under attack was a journalist from CNN. She asked a question about repression.
“Why did you shoot the girl in Congress? After this, the issue regarding the civilian population on my part simply fades away. You are used to the fact that you are the hegemons in the world. Everything is allowed to you. How many people do you have sitting after the events at Congress, when you trampled on the legally elected president, removed him from the media and installed your own president. You voted by mail and threw your ballots in the trash. If we voted by mail, you'd tear us to pieces. You can. You are creating chaos in all countries of the world. You can,” Lukashenko went on the attack.
He accused Western journalists of “perverting everything, cutting up my people, my state.” As for the opposition press in Belarus, Lukashenko said that they have been “cleansed and will be cleaned.”
Unexpectedly, it turned out that he had secretly met with American presidents.
“You are monsters, you are great, you create the world. Listen, my dear girl, I have been president for more than a quarter of a century, I have seen three of your presidents. I may not have met them publicly for the media, but I know them personally, and they know me. I know your practices, I know your policies. Wake up. The world has changed. You are no longer hegemons,” Lukashenko pressed the journalist.
An hour later, an identical question was asked by a BBC journalist. She clarified whether the Belarusian leader considers himself legitimate. Lukashenko called her a propagandist who asks illiterate questions.
“You are poisoning people with horses and shepherds. That this did not happen - you yourself showed it on the BBC. In our country, the shepherd dog was not allowed to attack people; they were not crushed by horses, although some deserved it.
Will the UK introduce economic sanctions? The Lord is with you. May you choke on these sanctions. We haven’t known this Great Britain for a thousand years and we don’t want to know. You are American henchmen,” Lukashenko denounced, drawing applause from the audience.
In conclusion, he threatened nuclear war.
“You can’t take down the president. I will carry you away quickly, without looking that you are far away. Therefore, calm down and introduce sanctions. We'll see what this leads to if you don't come to your senses. You will start a third world war. Are you pushing us and the Russians towards this? Do you want to win this war? There will be no winners. And if it does, it’s not you,” Lukashenko said.
The president was warmly supported by journalists from state media. They vied with each other to give the British examples of the cruelty of protesters.
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