Nations acting against Lukashenko

https://www.axios.com/us-lukashenko-president-belarus-353ed235-98f7-446f-919a-6a6cdab81975.html

U.S. no longer recognizes Lukashenko as legitimate president of Belarus

The U.S. no longer recognizes Aleksandr Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus, the State Department said in a statement on Wednesday.

"The United States cannot consider Aleksandr Lukashenko the legitimately elected leader of Belarus. The path forward should be a national dialogue leading to the Belarusian people enjoying their right to choose their leaders in a free and fair election under independent observation."
— State Department spokesperson
The U.S. announcement follows similar statements from European officials, including EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

"The situation is clear for us. We consider the elections of August 9 fraudulent. We don't recognize Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus."
— Josep Borrell last week to the European Parliament
A German government spokesperson reiterated today that Germany does not view Lukashenko as legitimate, adding of Wednesday's inauguration:

"The fact that this ceremony was prepared secretly and carried out away from the public eye is very telling."
— German government spokesman

The big picture: Prior to the election, Lukashenko's relations with the West had actually been improving, largely because he was growing increasingly adversarial with Moscow.

Times have changed. Now, Lukashenko has been showering praise on Vladimir Putin, and in return, he received pledges that Russia will offer financial support and deploy an auxiliary police force to Belarus if needed.
Lukashenko has faced fierce global condemnation as he's cracked down on the protests that followed the election, but Putin has stood by him as hundreds have been arbitrarily detained and even tortured.

So does the West only care about Lukashenko being a dictator because he's been siding with Russia? Quite sad if true.

I think it is spelled out accurately, the election was major fraud.

After the surprise result in the election, a poll was taken in certain area of Belarus.
They found that the woman who was the main opposition candidate got 70% of
the people's admitted choice in the election. Meanwhile, the "official" result showed
that Lukashenko won in a landslide. Please!!

This Lukashenko is a leftover communist from the USSR. and it shows.

DUMP him.

@vivify said
https://www.axios.com/us-lukashenko-president-belarus-353ed235-98f7-446f-919a-6a6cdab81975.html

U.S. no longer recognizes Lukashenko as legitimate president of Belarus

The U.S. no longer recognizes Aleksandr Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus, the State Department said in a statement on Wednesday.

"The United States cannot consider Aleksan ...[text shortened]... on, but Putin has stood by him as hundreds have been arbitrarily detained and even tortured.

@earl-of-trumps said
I think it is spelled out accurately, the election was major fraud.

After the surprise result in the election, a poll was taken in certain area of Belarus.
They found that the woman who was the main opposition candidate got 70% of
the people's admitted choice in the election. Meanwhile, the "official" result showed
that Lukashenko won in a landslide. Please!!

This Lukashenko is a leftover communist from the USSR. and it shows.

DUMP him.

@athousandyoung said
He's just another of Putin's good old boys club like Trump.

@earl-of-trumps said
I think it is spelled out accurately, the election was major fraud.

After the surprise result in the election, a poll was taken in certain area of Belarus.
They found that the woman who was the main opposition candidate got 70% of
the people's admitted choice in the election. Meanwhile, the "official" result showed
that Lukashenko won in a landslide. Please!!

This Lukashenko is a leftover communist from the USSR. and it shows.

DUMP him.

@athousandyoung said
He's just another of Putin's good old boys club like Trump.

@suzianne said
He's a modern Putin flunkie, just like you-know-who.

Funny how you can see corruption in another country, but not your own.

@earl-of-trumps said
Really?! Then why did Trump dump on Putin's man in Belarus?

I know you believe the myth but it's obvious to the casual observer that it's a democrat party false narrative.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/24/trump-open-technology-fund-hong-kong-belarus-iran

The Trump administration has stopped vital technical assistance to pro-democracy groups in Belarus, Hong Kong and Iran, which had helped activists evade state surveillance and sidestep internet censorship.

@athousandyoung said

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/24/trump-open-technology-fund-hong-kong-belarus-iran

The Trump administration has stopped vital technical assistance to pro-democracy groups in Belarus, Hong Kong and Iran, which had helped activists evade state surveillance and sidestep internet censorship.

https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-alexander-lukashenko-must-step-down-inauguration-illegitimate/

"French President Emmanuel Macron said Alexander Lukashenko must step down"

Very interesting. The U.S., U.K., Germany, and now France called for him to step down.

But then again, nations did the same with Maduro and that hasn't changed anything.

@earl-of-trumps said
And it still does not answer my question, ATY. Why is Trump admin sullying the Belarus Bully?

As to why Trump cut aid to the pro-democracy groups, here is the explanation:

[i] In addition, intelligence officials in the U.S. and Western Europe say, Russia’s foreign and military intelligence agencies have, in the words of one European official, “thoroughly penetra ...[text shortened]...

So let's not try to imply Trump backs Lukashenko, and Iran. That is bullpuppies and you know it.

French President Macron Says Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko 'Must Go'

https://time.com/5893808/french-president-belarus/
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(PARIS) — France is stepping up the pressure on Belarus’ longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko, with President Emmanuel Macron telling a prominent French weekly that “Lukashenko must go.”

The European Union said Thursday it does not recognize Lukashenko as president of Belarus because of large-scale protests by Belarusians who question the results of last month’s presidential election that Lukashenko claims he overwhelmingly won. Opposition members and some poll workers in Belarus say the vote was rigged.

Ahead of a trip Monday to Lithuania and Latvia, Macron was quoted in Sunday’s Journal du Dimanche newspaper as saying “it’s clear that Lukashenko must go.”

@earl-of-trumps said
And it still does not answer my question, ATY. Why is Trump admin sullying the Belarus Bully?

As to why Trump cut aid to the pro-democracy groups, here is the explanation:

[i] In addition, intelligence officials in the U.S. and Western Europe say, Russia’s foreign and military intelligence agencies have, in the words of one European official, “thoroughly penetra ...[text shortened]...

So let's not try to imply Trump backs Lukashenko, and Iran. That is bullpuppies and you know it.