On September 23, a secret inauguration of Alexander Lukashenko as President of Belarus took place in Minsk. After the ceremony, mass protests began in Belarusian cities, and water cannons were used against protesters in Minsk. The next day, Lukashenko responded to accusations of a secret ceremony and stated that there is no law in the country requiring other countries to be notified of the inauguration. The coronavirus infection continues to spread in Russia and the world.

Alexander Lukashenko responded to accusations of a secret inauguration as president of Belarus and stated that the country has no law requiring that other countries be notified of the ceremony, Belta reports. The Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus will take additional measures to stabilize the situation in the country. This was announced by the head of the department Andrei Shved. The Swede made the announcement before the start of a coordination meeting on combating crime and corruption.

On September 23, the secret inauguration of Alexander Lukashenko as President of Belarus took place in Minsk. After the inauguration, mass protests began in Belarusian cities; in Minsk, water cannons were used against protesters. The next day, Lukashenko responded to accusations of a secret ceremony and said that the country does not have a law obliging it to warn other countries about the ceremony.

On October 31, 2018, an explosion occurred in Arkhangelsk. 17-year-old anarchist Mikhail Zhlobitsky entered the FSB headquarters in Arkhangelsk with a homemade explosive device. It exploded in his hands. Zhlobitsky died and three department employees were injured. The news of the terrorist attack in Arkhangelsk was actively commented on on social networks back then, in October 18th.

The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, said that the price of the drug for the treatment of coronavirus “Avifavir” in pharmacies will be about eight thousand rubles. On September 17, the Ministry of Health allowed the sale of Areplivir and Coronavirus in pharmacies. Just like Avifavir, they work on the basis of favipiravir. This substance was first used in Japan to treat influenza in 2014.

Alexander Lukashenko took office as President of Belarus on September 23. The event took place without announcements or official broadcast. We discussed the results of the secret inauguration of Alexander Lukashenko with Ekaterina Glod, a political analyst and employee of the Center for European Policy Analysis.

The topic of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny seems to be coming to the fore in relations between Russia and the West. If the French president is involved in a situation with the poisoning of a politician, then the American president is the opposite. In early September, Donald Trump stated, for example, that “it is a tragedy, but we have no evidence.” On September 21, when the picture of the poisoning became clearer, he avoided answering.

After the secret inauguration of Alexander Lukashenko, mass protests began in Belarus. Riot police brutally detained demonstrators. In Minsk, water cannons were used against protesters. We discussed the differences and similarities in the work of the Russian and Belarusian riot police with Igor Grishakov, a former detective.

Alexander Lukashenko took office as President of Belarus on September 23 in an atmosphere of secrecy: his inauguration took place without prior announcement of the date and time, and was not broadcast even on state television. This became the reason for mass protests: people take to the streets with slogans against Lukashenko’s presidency. At the same time, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a former presidential candidate in Belarus, published a new video message after the inauguration.