{"id":26522,"date":"2020-08-28T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=26522"},"modified":"2020-08-30T07:37:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T11:37:22","slug":"it-looks-like-the-cia-is-going-to-have-a-very-difficult-time-with-the-ongoing-color-revolution-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=26522","title":{"rendered":"It looks like the CIA is going to have a very difficult time with the ongoing color revolution in Belarus."},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian Troops Active In Belarus War Games As Putin Unveils “Law Enforcement Reserve” Standing By<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

Early this week the US State Department said\u00a0there were no signs<\/a>\u00a0that Russia’s military plans to intervene in ongoing chaotic events in Belarus where swelling protests in the tens of thousands have brought Minsk to a standstill as opposition activists and strikers demand 26-year ruling\u00a0President Alexander Lukashenko step down, or at least hold “fair” and not “rigged” elections.<\/p>\n

As of last Monday\u00a0Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0there were no indications to suggest Moscow planned to intervene in the political crisis, which many see as resembling the 2014 crisis in Ukraine where the country was split between pro-EU and pro-Russian factions and interests.<\/p>\n

That assessment might have changed by end of the week, as regional headlines have confirmed\u00a0Russia’s military is assisting<\/strong>\u00a0Belarus in conducting\u00a0war games on Thursday, Friday, and into next week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Belarus is hosting 10-day war games amid the crisis, via\u00a0Moskva News Agency\/Moscow Times.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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What’s more is that President Putin announced that\u00a0a new Russian “reserve force” has been established specifically to potentially respond to the deteriorating security situation<\/strong>\u00a0in neighboring Belarus.<\/p>\n

As independent\u00a0Moscow Times<\/em>\u00a0explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Russian and Belarusian recon troops conducted joint assault exercises Thursday<\/strong>, the day that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the formation of a\u00a0\u201claw enforcement reserve\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0standing by in case anti-government protests escalate in Belarus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the report says further of the war games which has Russian participation that, “The exercises are part of the 10-day international\u00a0army games<\/a>\u00a0that Belarus hosts at an army base in Brest on the Polish border amid ongoing protests against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko. A unit from outside Moscow represents a team of Russian reconnaissance soldiers at the games.”<\/p>\n

Recall that\u00a0Lukashenko has not only repeatedly claimed “NATO is at the gates” while mobilizing Belarusian troops to the border (something which NATO has denied), but he’s also touted that Moscow stands ready to militarily support him should the government come under attack from within or without.<\/p>\n