DISINFO: Conspirators arrested after scheming an attempt to assasinate Lukashenko
SUMMARY
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained two individuals who plotted a military coup in Belarus and an assassination attack on President Alexander Lukashenko, the FSB Public Relations Center said on Saturday.
"In a special operation conducted by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation alongside the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB), the illegal activities of [two individuals, name present in the origianl text] were prevented, as those had been scheming to stage a military coup in Belarus in accordance with the tried and tested ‘color revolution’ scenario with the involvement of local and Ukrainian nationalists, as well as the physical removal of President Alexander Lukashenko," the FSB said.
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The coup was scheduled for May 9 during the Victory Day Parade in Minsk, the FSB said.
"After the above mentioned meeting had been recorded, the conspirators were apprehended by the Russian security services and handed over to the Belarusian counterparts," the FSB said.
RESPONSE
An unfounded claim, consistent with a recurrent narrative about Western aggression against Russia and its allies, similar to several hundred cases in the EUvsDisinfo database. No substantial evidence is presented to support the accusations. The individuals detained are known members of dissident groups in Belarus.
For more, see the analysis of the Atlantic Council.