Belarus accuses Russia of coup plot ahead of election
Thousands attend Minsk rally for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who registered as a candidate after her husband, a political YouTube blogger, was detained
30 July 2020 - 22:37
Minsk — Belarus stepped up accusations against Russia of plotting to thwart longtime President Alexander Lukashenko’s re-election in August, saying 33 detained Russian mercenaries had been planning terrorist acts.
Almost 170 Russian militants remain at large in Belarus, the head of the country’s security council Andrei Ravkov told reporters after a meeting on Thursday with presidential candidates in the capital Minsk. Two other groups may be preparing to enter Belarus from Russia, Ravkov told the participants, according to one of them, Andrei Dmitriev...
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