i i do fredi go away it's the rallying cry of thousands of belorussia protesters in the streets of minsk this sunday and it's also their biggest demand they want president oleksandr local shanker to go away to resign from office until then people say they will continue to protest. the boy this is a dictatorship. there is no respect for society for a people to call for freedom and i hope we will be in the free countries like we saw while let's see if we can be an. overthrow the government type of selfless love to. go away that's also what authoritarian leader alexander lukashenko would like the protests to do at a military exercise on saturday claimed again that enemies are at the border that western countries inspired the protests and that nato is deploying forces the alliance firmly denies that claim so far i was not able to deter this and neither with words nor with actions the regime has increased police presence even threatened to send in troops supposedly to protect world war 2 memorial it's earlier this month some $7000.00 people were arrested the belorussian people continue to pro

here and vilnius is offered refuge to many people who've escaped the violence on the trouble in belorussia the foreign minister of lithuania linus i think that it's serious he said that he's already warned the e.u. that its response to what's happening in minsk has been too slow and the risk of stalemate is growing he said it's not enough to condemn what's been happening which is the statement from the e.u. and other countries but we need to have actions as well lithuania will be introducing introducing some sanctions against us but it wants a more. robust response from the european union ok betty it's right there bring us all the latest there from vilnius thank you very much seeds let's stay with the story we can join cut syria. a research fellow at the belarusian institute for strategic studies and joins us now on skype from kiev good to have you with us on the news hour let's start with these sanctions that are being imposed on bella roosts what exactly do you think these sanctions are in effect it's going today because let's remember look i sank unself wasn't targeted in this right. i

well as you pointed out despite of what screaming there is no movement around belorussia so there wouldn't be any reason legally for russia to interfere neither on the on the line or for the good or this state a union state between russia and belarus but russia is not really sitting on the side that we could hear from mr lavrov that they stepped even more boldly basically supporting look at franco and we heard the same lines we could hear about ukraine in 2013 and 14 the dead allegedly there was some program of the kind of which basically pushes that now disappeared but basically pushes all the buttons like removing the russian language going towards nato and e.u. well russia is a very important state for russia it's the only state left on its western border that is neither a member nor strives to be in e.u. or a nato so russia wants to keep it that way for them it is important today they denied that they have any contacts with the belorussian opposition or anyone in belarus but that could be the way of of keeping not to say control but keeping things as they are if they would find the son

avoid violence and to start a national dialogue with the opposition this as the standoff between belorussia and president aleksander look i shan't go and the growing public swell against him enters a. 10th day the longtime ruler has been resisting calls to step aside but angry citizens are showing that they're not backing down. there the pressure on president alexander lukashenko is growing and the resistance is growing bolder. this video shows a heated exchange with striking workers at a truck to factory young men. of your supporters don't worry i will not beat you up it is not in my interest but if somebody provokes something here we will sort it out the hard way. the phone down. tempers and deliveries are running high on both sides and europe's embattled strongman is facing opposition isn't. a nationwide strike was attended by thousands some of whom booed and heckled the president. at one event on monday told the worker that new elections were possible but only after the country's another referendum on a new constitution. critics say it's a bit to buy time. more than a week after the con

demonstrators have also taken to the streets of minsk thousands of from all over belorussia gathered on independence square to voice fears and that opposition violence could escalate like in ukraine in 2014 himself appeared at the rally to thank people for their support. them good sort of. going to your coming her. way out of it yes but i support alexander lukashenko i wasn't forced to come here this is my personal choice. i've heard so many threats but they won't break me. i bought the still shit with my own money no one paid me. i support disability what's happening now reminds me of ukraine in 2014 everything started in exactly the same way the young people with flowers now just don't understand what was happening here 990 s. perhaps they want to return to 117 when people toppled the russian empire in a similar way and civil war but we want peace a protest is also being held every day outside the bella russian embassy in moscow robin kosar of reports now from the russian capital. this is the 8th day where we're covering the protests here outside the embassy a bill or is let me jus

4 protests and he also said there is a certain program of the colonel in which he is written in belorussia and said that the us should go out of your asian consulate should they should go out of the a collective security treaty and of the union state of belarus and instead go towards e.u. and eventually nato he even says that it's over there that the russian language should be pushed out on the account of belarusian language calling the kind of artificial language and this kind of rhetorical we heard before and we heard it in the case of ukraine all together with the foreign factor with the foreign interference which is unacceptable. russia is pointing out and saying that it is a parts of opposition that wants to violence on the streets of minsk and in belarus and they are calling for the bloodshed and that it should be up to belorussian people to decide what to do next in other world news libyan warlord highly for have time has rejected calls for a ceasefire by the un recognized government spokesman called it a publicity stunt then says the tripoli administration is planning a turkish bac

their solidarity with the people in bellary said it was a phone conversation between russian and belorussia presidents took place earlier on saturday and both leaders expressed confidence that the problems of the rules will be settled have very soon. that's the main goal is. so let's say external forces at stake advantage of this a situation and of course put a wedge in the cooperation between russia and belarus the european union is now offering its own solution on the situation in the country at the european union will put forward to the better russian authorities a proposal for e.u. support and establishing in facilitating a dialogue between the political authorities opposition and broader society in view of resolving the current crisis ministers also agreed on the need to sanction those responsible for violence repression and the force of a cation of election results sanctions are the end of politics the key question now is what kind of policy the e.u. has towards bill or use for osce the european union is one of our top priorities at a strategy meeting with the defense ministry alexand

rival rallies are held in belorussia as the fallout from the country's election continues while crowds call for the president's resignation many are voicing alarm of the address the situation in our country is very serious so we have come out here to show our support for the president i stand here for ballerinas. our president. the leaders of france and germany reach out to president putin to discuss and the situation in russia has called on all countries to avoid interfering in the crisis. the u.s. senate intelligence committee releases the conclusions was reported using. personally on the democratic party back in 2016 uses the phrase almost certain.

belorussia law enforcement continue detaining people in various cities around. one of the latest news that's coming in from the countries that they arrested a man on his way to. so the capital ends apparently on him he adds a nice explosive devices and other weapons this according to a local or enforcement meanwhile plenty of 5 journalists who are covering the protests in minsk have been detained in the 1st few days of the protests but some most of them have been already released however there are 4 people 4 stringers that work for corruptly video agency while they're still unaccounted for and their fate is still unknown. however the head of the internal ministry says that all those journalists who have proper credit stations should not have any problems working and also we are receiving the reports from below roost that of some of the reporters that said it get detained they were released without any charges well we've been talking about what's been happening in belarus for a quite a while 1 that's just ski view a look a what it's been like over the last 4 days

running from moscow the baltic states are now independent states belorussia took a divergent path so vilnius here in vilnius on another baltic countries they've been fiercely dependent this dependence really of those people who want to protest on the foreign minister linus than a v.c.s. he issued a statement saying that he's already warned the e.u. that its response has been too slow and he said there is a risk of a stalemate growing so he wants to see the e.u. take more concrete actions here in lithuania the government is planning to unveil sanctions against the pasha another member it's all government has warned in response that it happens he'll stop using the ports in the way and it's a very important route. goods lot in and out all the way down the port and source of income for the lithuanian combatants not there reporting live for those thank you. but the crackdown on journalists comes a day after the e.u. foreign ministers agree to impose sanctions on senior officials that syria is a research fellow at the parish an institute for strategic studies and see things that you use re

few people expect any surprises when belorussia holds elections soon president alexander lukashenko has ruled for more than 25 years is described as europe's last dictator but one woman believes she has what it takes to beat him and appears to have plenty of support is not. here. yet. she's only $37.00 and she's not a politician that's for atlanta hopes that in a week's time she'll be president have been a roof. on thursday she drew tens of thousands of people to a rally in minsk the biggest protest the country's ever seen. the former teacher announced she'd stand after her husband sergei a well known blogger was arrested in may he's been charged with plotting mass disturbances here the ruining of people who were the korean erection commission didn't accept gays documents iran instead of him not because i need palla of because i'm the politician and want to become president and the country is now i ran to support my husband supporting family values people saw this and were inspired by it was not planned just following my hot. she's challenging president alexander lukashenko who's been i

and belorussia president alexander lukashenko has threatened to retaliate after the e.u. has agreed to impose sanctions on up to 20 officials over his crackdown on protesters. well donald trump and my pants are getting straight out into the campaign trail fresh from the republican national convention in his speech accepting apologies nomination us president told the election a choice between saving the american dream or allowing. a socialist agenda as he put it i want house correspondent kimberly hellcat has mall. never in modern history has a sitting president campaign from the white house a political symbol that supposed to be for all americans i profoundly accept this nomination for president of the united states. like joe biden donald trump has again broken with precedent as he accepted the republican party's nomination and attacked his democratic rival joe biden this is the most important election in the history of our country. christ spoke for more than an hour painting at apocalyptic picture of a biden presidency he told voters his opponent was campaigning as a dem

invading the country beth i don't see as a likelihood because there is other ways for them to keep belorussia strategic partner because it is not like i shan't call himself that is so important but the country for now they're supporting look at schenkel they recognized him as a president they said that the elections were fair but in the meantime it is possible that they're searching for other partners inside of belarus and we heard from the moscow officials that there is a bell or russian politicians which do want to keep at the close ties. russia and don't want to leave any joint organization that they have right it's an interesting distinction to make then under can i ask you for an update on another story if you don't mind alexei navalny the russian opposition politician is currently undergoing treatment in berlin is there an update on his condition. yeah well there is indeed a huge steel in a medically induced coma he is on a medical ventilator but his life is no longer a threat than that and there is a slight improvement so the symptoms of intoxication with the inhibitors of colon astero

tactic of intimidation not just upon the protesters as well but on press freedom in itself within belorussia now this whole situation here is really suppressing the european union to try and do something of course they have stated before that the presidential elections that took place early in the month were neither free nor fair but there still is not really a unified tactic as to how exactly to deal with it yes there has been this idea floated this sort of political commitment to try and see if they can issue a sanctions list now at the moment they've collated a series of 20 names on that which they say were linked to election fraud and of the intimidation in the violence that has been taking place there but there are differences between european members for example lithuania says that there needs to be more names on the list itself it's it's come up with a list of 118 names that say that needs to be on there and also crew. they say look i shank and needs to be on that list as well this differs from what another member luxembourg is saying is saying they have to take it to this to be in co