DISINFO: If Western 'maidan' technologies are not stopped, Belarus will face coup and war as in Ukraine
SUMMARY
The principles of overthrowing state authorities in Ukraine and Belarus are the same. The recent visit of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to the US, the case of athlete Kristina Tsimanouskaya, and the death of a Belarusian opposition activist in Kyiv point at the activation of an anti-Belarusian attack. If the Western 'maidan' technologies are not properly dealt with, the outcome in Belarus will be the same as in Ukraine: a coup, a war, the loss of state sovereignty and the destruction of Slavic territories.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the Western attempts to organise a colour revolution in Belarus, the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests and the ensuing armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine.
There is no basis for the claims that the Western states are trying to organise a colour revolution in Belarus. The protests in Belarus drew participant from broad segments in society and erupted to contest the results of the presidential election on 9 August 2020, which were not monitored by independent experts, and are largely considered fraudulent by both international observers and a big part of the Belarusian society. On 19 August 2020, the European Council called Belarusian elections neither free nor fair.
For a general debunk of the main pro-Kremlin narratives concerning the Euromaidan, see e.g. here. The conflict in Ukraine is a well-documented act of aggression by Russian armed forces, ongoing since February 2014.
See earlier disinformation cases alleging that Poland and Lithuania directly sponsor extremist actions against Belarus, Poland and Lithuania send Belarusian opposition instructions on how to make explosives and CIA and Pentagon prepare Belarusian protestors in Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic states.