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"I have to defend what has been created by our hands, protect the people who helped create it, the majority that voted for me. Those riot police boys and others who are with me... What's their fault? And they [opposition] will slaughter them.The president reiterated his claim that the protests were organized by foreign forces which presumably fuel them through social media.
"How do you counter those channels on Telegram? Can you block them? Nobody can, even those who invented this internet, the Americans."He added that Russia will be targeted with a similar attack soon if Belarus falls.

Comment: A brilliant and succinct play-by-play scenario of how low and nasty the political situation could/will become in the next couple of months - projecting crisis ramifications for America that, if they come to pass, may never be reversed.
This, from The National Pulse, offers more insights: See also: