FSB and Lukashenko: The coup is prevented

Yuri Zenkovich (left) and Alexander Feduta

The FSB said that the Belarusian political scientist Alexander Feduta and the Belarusian-American lawyer Yuri Zenkovich prepared a military coup in Minsk on May 9, detained this week in Moscow. Alexander Lukashenko on the same day spoke in detail about the plans of the "Revolution" with the participation of the leader of the party of BNF Grigory Kostusev. All three oppositionists are placed in the Minsk prison.

Lukashenko said that he and his sons were preparing an attempt with the filing of Americans: "We found the work of clearly foreign special services. Most likely the CIA, the FBI, I do not know which of the Americans worked there. We found their desire to come to Minsk and engage in the organization of attempt on the president and children."

“The plans are to capture the child, one to second, as it turns out. We put it in the cellar,” Lukashenko described the plan of the “conspirators.” “By the way, in the Gomel region and the cellar prepared.” He added that "the task of eliminating the president ... no one can give no one except the highest political leadership (USA. - Ed.)."

The head of the KGB of Belarus, Ivan Teretel, on the air of the ONT television channel, stated that the “coup” was scheduled for the summer of this year.

According to Lukashenko, he turned to Vladimir Putin, and the Teretel - to the director of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov. “And we took them there,” he said about the detention of Belarusian opposition in Moscow .

On the air of ONT shown operational video:

The FSB, in turn, said that Fedut and Zenkovich arrived in Moscow after consultations in the USA and Poland to meet with "opposition generals of the Armed Forces of Belarus." They allegedly planned the “implementation of a military coup according to the worked out scenario of“ color revolutions ”with the involvement of local and Ukrainian nationalists, as well as the physical elimination of President Lukashenko.” The press service of the FSB emphasizes that the day of the Victory Parade in Minsk was selected for the “coup”. ”

According to the FSB, the plan included the capture of radio and television centers, as well as the blocking of loyal Lukashenko of power units. "A complete shutdown of the energy system of Belarus was prepared for the difficulty of the actions of power and law enforcement structures. It was assumed that some armed formations (" partisans ") located on the so -called" hidden bases "would begin the active phase," the press release said.

Zenkovich and Fedut are charged with an attempt to seize power (Article 357 of the Criminal Code of Belarus).