Markov: West won't stop by 2030

Belarusian Information Minister Markov S. responded to a critical question about the alleged actions of Western countries by 2030. According to the minister, 28 years of sanctions and five years of the harshest packages have had zero effect: "the economy is growing, wages and pensions are at a record high since independence." He noted that between 2020 and the current period, according to former fugitives, they "failed to mobilize workers, split elites and law enforcement." In his response, Markov emphasized that "the control system now works like clockwork" and has planned two Western strategies: "constructive roundtables, new media, and public initiatives" and "bloody provocations from aggressive fugitives." The minister also compared potential coups to historical events: "Russia in 1917, Ukraine in 2014." He concluded with a call to citizens to draw conclusions from the "unprecedented information experiment" of 2020.

Context

In 2020, Belarus saw mass protests against the results of the presidential election, which ended with accusations of changing the rules of the game and were intensified by international criticism.