The US is considering stepping up technological assistance to Belarus’ opposition, the country’s exiled opposition leader said Friday after a meeting with US officials in Washington.
“I was assured of full support for the Belarusian democratic movement,” said Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who fled Belarus after the 2020 election. “We also spoke about providing Belarusian journalists and activists with equipment and technology.”
The US has a long history of helping activists and protesters with technology in foreign countries it seeks to influence. One way this is done is through the Open Technology Fund (OTF), which is funded by the US Agency for Global Media. The OTF focuses on providing protesters with tools to avoid surveillance and get around internet censorship.
On Thursday, Tikhanovskaya met with Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. According to the State Department, Sherman “emphasized the United States’ enduring support for the Belarusian people’s democratic aspirations.”
Since the August 2020 election in Belarus that saw President Alexander Lukashenko win another term, the US and the EU have rejected the results and imposed sanctions on Minsk. Tikhanovskaya, who has been living in Lithuania, claims to have won the election, and the US has shown strong support for the opposition leader.
As a result of the Western pressure, Lukashenko has naturally grown closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The stronger relationship no doubt played a major factor in Belarus’ decision to allow Russia to use its territory to invade Ukraine.
Here we go again. Not another front opened (yet) in this US attack on Russia but another tiresome regime change attempt. Still the new US elected “president” Guido Tikhanovskaya have no chance whatsoever.
Well that seems fair enough give the bear another kick in the nuts. The Russians seem to have a huge problem with sensitive buildings catching on fire of late. Maybe they should pull some of their troops back to serve as firefighters.
Yes, it will help lead to peace and that’s what you are all about.
DimoRats trying regime change in every country they can get their fingers on.
obama at work from a few blocks from the White House!
Trump could not finalize the regime change in Venezuela, so Biden needs to take care of that little problem first, also they have oil in Venezuela they did not want to share with Biden. That has consequences.
Vz didn’t want to share their oil with trump either
Yes, Trump could not replace Maduro with Guaido, to top it Maduro was re elected, but the US does not recognize him as the elected president, and sanctions continue but then Biden wants help with his energy issues. That strikes me as very stupid foreign policy. Maduro made Biden eat crow. The sanctions go back to Chavez 2006.
The USA makes up justifications for sanctions if the country does not do as told. the US has become a rogue nation, laws don’t count, military power and sanctions will make others do what the USA demands. A more than brutal rogue power. Cuba is being punished for more than 60 years. The USA is despicable monster.
is this considered interfering in elections?
no that only applies when the other guy does it
So it would be fine if Belarus, Russia, or China did that here?
Britain pledges anti-ship missiles, cargo drones for Ukraine’s defense
Britain added anti-ship missiles, logistics drones and other key equipment to its list of military equipment heading to Ukraine, according to a Tuesday speech by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
In a virtual address to the Ukrainian Parliament, Johnson said a further £300 million ($375 million) in arms would be provided to Kyiv.
Johnson is the first Western leader to address the Ukrainian Parliament since Russia invaded in late February.
This week it was confirmed that an anti-ship version of the MBDA Brimstone air-to-ground, anti-tank missiles would be heading to Ukraine soon.
I wouldn’t want to be a sailor in the Russian Black Sea fleet… 💥
No Belarusian is going to vote for someone that the United States supports.
lolololololol
causing trouble they mean.