Posted:
07.10.2021 10:01:00
Important conversation
At a meeting with the leadership of the President Administration, the Head of State talked about details of the KGB officer’s feat and secret terrorist cells, patriotism and professionalism of personnel, also focusing on other issues
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The meeting took place on the day of farewell to the deceased KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and therefore began with a minute of silence (details of the tragedy on page 5).
Aleksandr Lukashenko revealed some details of the incident, stressing that the investigation will dot all the i’s. At the same time, the Belarusian leader commented on criticism for the security forces for the fact that they worked without bulletproof vests during a military operation, “This was the first question I asked Tertel when I was just informed, a few minutes later, about this incident: why were they without protective equipment?”
However, the security officials themselves explain that when they work in full gear, ‘people are worried, they perceive us badly’. Therefore, these checks were conducted in this way; and these were simply checks, not a special operation.
“The guys did not want to once again, as they say, draw attention to themselves, while protecting people. I emphasise once again: it was not an operation, they were sweeping a huge area after previously getting tips about the involvement of certain individuals in terrorism attempts.”
He also clarified that the work was carried out from that morning, and by the time of the incident (2pm) many people had been detained, “They are now giving statements. We will show all of them to you now. They use the title ‘Rabochy Rukh’.”
The apartment where a group of employees came, including Dmitry Fedosyuk, was also among the addresses subject to planned development. The President continued to talk about the details of what happened, “In the course of this work a local police department alerted them about a phone call for help from an apartment in the area they were working in, where something had happened...”
“We can now suspect why the call was made. The guys saw the address was also on their list, there was a call for help, something may have happened there. And as good Slavs, as good Belarusians they rushed to this apartment. They knocked on the door, but nobody opened it. The second call for help was made to the same police department. You’ve seen it all. The door was broken down, people went inside to help, to help the scoundrels calling from this apartment.”
As the Head of State specified, both the man and the woman called, while he stressed that those who were in the apartment were preparing for the shooting, “Nobody intended to die there. They wanted to broadcast it in real time (we know this already) over there, to Poland, to America.”
The President also spoke about what happened next when the group got into the apartment, “Dima was ahead of the others. He was actually covering the team by being the first to run into the apartment. The guys saw a person with a gun, just several seconds, and as usual they shouted: “Weapons on the floor!” Instead this scumbag shot at Dmitry. He hit him right in the heart. And as Dmitry was dying, he shot twice to kill his murderer, he couldn’t fire the third time.”
The Head of State once again clarified the position of the country’s leadership, “We will use a targeted and careful approach with the assistance of the security service and other agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate the activities of different people, different organisations, and other things. We have enough wits to deal with every scoundrel.”
According to him, work to identify such people is being carried out in all areas, starting with those who ‘chat’ and ‘post’, “We got our hands on all accounts. We see what these people are worth. If some scoundrels like Tsepkalo and others think that they are unreachable abroad, they are mistaken. We will not forgive the death of this man.”
Based on materials of sb.by and belta.by
The meeting took place on the day of farewell to the deceased KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and therefore began with a minute of silence (details of the tragedy on page 5).
Aleksandr Lukashenko revealed some details of the incident, stressing that the investigation will dot all the i’s. At the same time, the Belarusian leader commented on criticism for the security forces for the fact that they worked without bulletproof vests during a military operation, “This was the first question I asked Tertel when I was just informed, a few minutes later, about this incident: why were they without protective equipment?”
However, the security officials themselves explain that when they work in full gear, ‘people are worried, they perceive us badly’. Therefore, these checks were conducted in this way; and these were simply checks, not a special operation.
“The guys did not want to once again, as they say, draw attention to themselves, while protecting people. I emphasise once again: it was not an operation, they were sweeping a huge area after previously getting tips about the involvement of certain individuals in terrorism attempts.”
He also clarified that the work was carried out from that morning, and by the time of the incident (2pm) many people had been detained, “They are now giving statements. We will show all of them to you now. They use the title ‘Rabochy Rukh’.”
The apartment where a group of employees came, including Dmitry Fedosyuk, was also among the addresses subject to planned development. The President continued to talk about the details of what happened, “In the course of this work a local police department alerted them about a phone call for help from an apartment in the area they were working in, where something had happened...”
“We can now suspect why the call was made. The guys saw the address was also on their list, there was a call for help, something may have happened there. And as good Slavs, as good Belarusians they rushed to this apartment. They knocked on the door, but nobody opened it. The second call for help was made to the same police department. You’ve seen it all. The door was broken down, people went inside to help, to help the scoundrels calling from this apartment.”
As the Head of State specified, both the man and the woman called, while he stressed that those who were in the apartment were preparing for the shooting, “Nobody intended to die there. They wanted to broadcast it in real time (we know this already) over there, to Poland, to America.”
The President also spoke about what happened next when the group got into the apartment, “Dima was ahead of the others. He was actually covering the team by being the first to run into the apartment. The guys saw a person with a gun, just several seconds, and as usual they shouted: “Weapons on the floor!” Instead this scumbag shot at Dmitry. He hit him right in the heart. And as Dmitry was dying, he shot twice to kill his murderer, he couldn’t fire the third time.”
Terrorist cells
According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, a large amount of information has been received, which indicates that preparations for the provocation were carried out in advance. In addition, a link was discovered between the gunman and the extremist network, Rabochy Rukh. Commenting on the sweeps that began to be carried out, the President drew attention to the fact that after the assassination attempt on Grigory Azarenok and Oleg Gaidukevich, many different operations were carried out, “Then I honestly said: ‘That’s it, it’s intolerable, people will not understand us’. Therefore, various kinds of NGOs were shut down in the country. Maybe, not all of them but all sorts of ‘media outlets’. Rabochy Rukh came to light. What did this IT specialist [who killed Dmitry Fedosyuk] who got paid 10 times more than an ordinary worker have to do with these workers? Nothing. These are ordinary European-style IS cells in the territory of Belarus… When we started confronting these scoundrels, we saw what kind of ‘movement’ it was. These are ordinary terrorists, they are now confessing and saying where they were planning to commit terrorist acts.The Head of State once again clarified the position of the country’s leadership, “We will use a targeted and careful approach with the assistance of the security service and other agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate the activities of different people, different organisations, and other things. We have enough wits to deal with every scoundrel.”
According to him, work to identify such people is being carried out in all areas, starting with those who ‘chat’ and ‘post’, “We got our hands on all accounts. We see what these people are worth. If some scoundrels like Tsepkalo and others think that they are unreachable abroad, they are mistaken. We will not forgive the death of this man.”
Professional approach
During the meeting, the President named the main characteristics that should be decisive for any employee of the state apparatus, “At the forefront is the purity of personnel. Professionals with a firm state position, patriots, should work in government structures... In a protracted pandemic and unprecedented challenges to our statehood, strategic planning and speed of response towards changes in the situation in the country and worldwide as a whole are also becoming the most important factors in organising the activities of the Administration.”Based on materials of sb.by and belta.by
