well let's take this story down to the capital of bill roos w.'s nick connelly is in minsk tonight good evening to you nick the european union's position now is crystal clear it considers the election fraud has there been reaction from the president bella ruse or his government. good evening brant well there hasn't been any official reaction from prison but in a way he doesn't need to he's already accused european governments of interfering in belarus of financing these protests he's very cagey now costing these protests as a western conspiracy against a russian ally but just a few weeks ago he was peddling the opposite line costing the opposition as close to moscow as an attempt by the russians who were unhappy with his unwillingness to draw close to moscow to unseat him so that gives the sense of just quite how desperate position is now in on the one hand you're forcing democratic standards of demanding them and russia of the hand wanting to join have a closer the european union is slapping saying sions on what it says is a substantial number of

calls for him to resign are louder than ever lucas says that he won reelection last week but many in bill roos say the vote was rigged. the red and white flag of the opposition has been raised once more on the streets of minsk this time by the workers of bell averse who gathered outside factories. go away they chanted a president alexander lukashenko who would come to win them over the heckling continued and the president walked off the stage into the crowd in an exchange with a worker who said new elections were possible but only after the country holds a referendum caused. by the president should not make decisions as a result of pressure and both my president must find a compromise exactly that's how. we need to approve a new constitution so the opposition won't be against it it needs to be approved in a referendum because our previous constitution was approved in a referendum and based on the new constitution and if you want it we will show you elections for the parliament presidency and local government bodies. the protests being fuelled by new promises from the exiled opposition leader.

another telephone conversation with his a russian counterparts a lot of mere buton president of bill roos asked boots into sent a message to german chancellor. and angela merkel not to interfere in the domestic affairs in a bill or he added that he doesn't see any point in talking to the european leaders by himself earlier russian foreign minister sergey lavrov while he said that he warned against external interference in belarus his internal affairs this could there should be a looser conditions or we are deeply concerned about what's going on right now in better roosts we are concerned by the attempt to exploit to the internal challenges facing bill of rights to interfere in them from a brutal and it is not just meddling it is aimed at imposing rules that outside actors consider beneficial to everything we are hearing now from the european captions specifically from the both countries poland and the european parliament has nothing to do with alexander lukashenko human rights or democracy but only with geopolitics moscow is calling on all parties involved to have to provide for a genuine

so those claims were substantiated i mean while the opposition a candidate for the president told bill roos has reportedly left the country in order. he joined her family in lithuania and now some social media reports said that shit fled the country some others said that she was forced to buy the bill or russian authorities to leave however she she refuted all of those allegations in this post. i took a very difficult decision i did that by myself my friends family colleagues and husband did not influence me many will understand me many will judge many will start tate the european union is calling on bill russian authorities to begin a dialogue with the opposition in order to prevent any further violence the bill russian authorities are saying that they have irrefutable evidence that can and dale the fact that all of the underlying reasons for the pro disability actually came from abroad and they're ready to supply that information to any other country that requests it editor and publisher of been little protest this can do in the face of a police crackdown. sinkers been backed into a corne

we know that the presidents of lithuania poland latvia and estonia have sent a letter to bill roos offering cooperation if 3 demands are met they want to see an end to the use of force against protesters they want detain protesters to be released and they want to see bill aris organize a national reconciliation roundtable what leverage do these countries have right now with. well particularly lithuania has longstanding relations and they have managed to do it policy on the one hand supporting activists misdefine australia is currently in the queen yeah but also having economic relationships that simply gives them knowledge and context however you are right a singular countries their power is limited however they could. team up with the o.s.c. need. currently we have to be a bally and share we will have sweden next year as of next year and i think together with the oas. they could support such a national we can see the ation round table that has actually been already started to be organized by the bed of recent opposition and we also got reports today that all of the protesters who have been

police so those claims were substantiated but meanwhile the opposition candidate for the president bill roos has reportedly left the country and joined her family in lithuania and now some social media reports said that she'd fled the country some others said that she was forced to buy the bill or russian authorities to leave however she she refuted all of those allegations in this post let's have a listen. here. i too can very difficult decision i did that by myself my friends family colleagues and husband did not influence me many will understand me many will judge many will start to hate. now the european union are calling on the bella russian authorities to begin a dialogue with the opposition in order to prevent any further violence their statements further said that they will take action against all of those responsible for the rigged election for they are lawful arrest and other things as well such as rigging then action and well like i said ground less rest meanwhile bill russian authorities are saying that they have irrefutable evidence that can and veil. the fact that all of the un

foreign ministers are ready to meet and to discuss the measures that they will take against the bill roos said in a meeting that will take place on the 14th of august the us state secretary michael impel also issued a statement saying that the elections in belarus were not free and fair meanwhile alexander lukashenko has summoned his a security council and also a little bit earlier on wednesday had this to say about the protesters. who she would. go and everyone who's out of work today is supposed to be assessed and offered a job the underlying characteristic of all these supposed protest is that they have a criminal record in a job bliss have no job to take a hike so i asked you nicely at that what everyone who doesn't have a job needs to find one. lawyer for smith in belarus continue detaining of protesters in all parts of the country and just recently according to them they did sainz a young man who was on routes to minsk and on his person they discovered fireworks improvised explosive devices as well as knives now we have also seen reports from elsewhere in villa roofs where an army b

role of a negotiator in russia's internal conflicts now the thing is authorities are calling on bill roos to to have a reelection as soon as possible and its foreign ministry are calling for sanctions against the authorities against all those directly involved in human rights violations now they also added that say e.u. foreign ministers are ready to meet as soon as the 14th of august in order to discuss the measures that could be taken against this meanwhile. xander look at schenkel is has summoned his security the security council and that should take place very soon as well in earnest statements that he's out of the shank of the standing president talked about some of the protesters that's having a sense of what he said. this it would be mutable tip don't everyone who's out of work today is supposed to be assessed and offered a job the underlying characteristic of all the supposed protest is is that they have a criminal record in a job bliss have no job to take a hike so i asked you nicely at that what everyone who doesn't have a job needs to find. a bill or russian law enforcement are

can the german chancellor angela merkel help to bring bill roos back from the brink today merkel urged the government in minsk to avoid violence and to start a national dialogue with the political opposition she made the comments in a phone call with russian president vladimir putin earlier in the day no western leaders consider uncle americal to be the putin whisperer if you will the leader who understands putin's ideas of power politics best. tomorrow the european council will hold a video conference about a reaves i spoke with russian president putin today i once again make clear that there must be freedom of expression the freedom to protest the prisoners must be released under house to be a national dialogue that enables the situation to be resolved peacefully and valerie's who will just does not further tomorrow. there's a german chancellor angela merkel speaking there that this comes as the standoff between the regime president alexander lukashenko and anti-government protesters in turns a tense day the longtime ruler has been resisting calls to step aside but angry citizens are

reduced relations meanwhile the european union will not will put forward a proposal of pretty soon for bill roos for even supports in a stab the shing dialogue between the political authorities and the opposition. ministers of the e.u. they also agreed on sanctions against those responsible for violence and it will be cool to think asian election results. ok frank said amanda my costs that are there for assad to buy the russian embassy in moscow where we have asada guess whether the proposed to use sanctions to constitute a big enough stick to get better is to change his ways. there are discussion with the european union because they are in a difficult situation because on one side. they would like of course some political changes in their lives between the same time they don't want to. serve. and western countries and especially i think germany wants to have some negotiation was told a moment the sanctions they are talking about are mostly symbolic and not really profound we will see how the situation will change but in the present with the european commission said. really with. the way the chi

taking place here outside of the country's embassy for over a week already and for from the numbers bill roos was sold the largest certain out here just this past weekend as people voiced their anger at the results of the election in the builders and the in suing violence as well throughout the week here was saul both anti and prole shank old protesters as you can see right now it's morning monday morning and a lot of people here are just the police and some reporters but we are expecting a rally here after business hours and meanwhile be sold in a stray sions continued in minsk where on a sunday at least 65000 people came out and support all but at xander lukashenko that's those numbers are boarding to the interior ministry look at schenkel spoke to his supporters at the length and thank them for their dedication now for many a belorussians somewhat over father figure who took the country out of the abyss back in the ninety's there was some are a not very happy with his 26 year tenure. my grandmother yes it is and i support alexander lukashenko i wasn't forced to come here this is my persona

and russia has a very close knit size and cooperation with the people of bill roos he added that selective evaluations on the actions of governments and opposition points to the outside players who want to influence the process is. a ruse for their own political gain now he added that's also russia has obligations to roost in the security a sphere and he said that when the president lukashenko to raise the issue a russia created a new law enforcement reserve for belarus however that reserve will not be used in the russian any type of russian forces will not be used unless extremists in bill or ruse cross the line and begin violence and begin taking government buildings and things along those lines he also added that situation and bill are moose is even ing alex at the moment and president lukashenko is a ready to take a look at the new constitution let's have a listen. if we come from best option all the court is so great as grocers will have a not a common sound. find a solution of corey's so if people come out to the streets then everyone should keep that in mind but. somehow the russian

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