{"id":25663,"date":"2020-08-22T12:31:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T16:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=25663"},"modified":"2020-08-22T12:31:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T16:31:26","slug":"color-revolution-launched-because-belarus-president-lukashenko-turned-down-a-950-million-bribe-from-the-imf-in-return-for-a-national-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=25663","title":{"rendered":"COLOR REVOLUTION LAUNCHED Because Belarus President Lukashenko turned down a $950 million bribe from the IMF in return for a national lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Did The IMF Try Bribe Belarus With $950 Million To be in Lockstep?<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->Gumshoe News<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25183\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25183\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gumshoenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/belarus.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25183 size-full td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gumshoenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/belarus.jpg?resize=640%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gumshoenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/belarus.jpg?w=1015&amp;ssl=1 1015w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gumshoenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/belarus.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gumshoenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/belarus.jpg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gumshoenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/belarus.jpg?resize=803%2C420&amp;ssl=1 803w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gumshoenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/belarus.jpg?resize=640%2C335&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gumshoenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/belarus.jpg?resize=681%2C356&amp;ssl=1 681w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\" data-attachment-id=\"25183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gumshoenews.com\/2020\/08\/02\/did-the-imf-try-bribe-belarus-with-950-million-to-be-in-lockstep\/belarus\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gumshoenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/belarus.jpg?fit=1015%2C531&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1015,531\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"belarus\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gumshoenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/belarus.jpg?fit=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gumshoenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/belarus.jpg?fit=640%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>by Dee McLachlan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>As Melbourne descends into Stage 4 Lock-down, I will only be allowed out for 1-hour exercise day. Somewhat a relief at least, as I spend approximately 30 minutes in the waters of Port Phillip Bay each day. But while on the beach this afternoon I was alerted to a story that originated with one of the Russian woman that swim each day; the case of a President turning down a bribe.<\/p>\n<p>BOOM! The President of Belarus, it seems, has turned down a $950 million bribe.<\/p>\n<p>It sounded like the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko didn\u2019t want to be in \u201clock-step\u201d with the rest of the world. On returning home I did a quick search in English and nothing surfaced, so did a very quick google-translate search in Russian, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fishki.net\/3351965-lukashenko-otvetil-na-predlozhenie-mvf-v-vide-940-mln--za-vvedenie-v-belarusi-karantinnyh-mer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this article surfaced<\/a>\u00a0(one of many). Please note, below is a google translation:<span id=\"more-25182\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a recent meeting with the Cabinet of Ministers,\u00a0<strong>the head of Belarus said that the International Monetary Fund offered \u2018quick financing\u2019 for almost a billion dollars, in exchange for the president\u2019s will to do everything \u2018like in Italy\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the following video (from\u00a0<strong>1 min. 50 sec. To 2 min. 50 sec<\/strong>.) Lukashenka talks about the IMF\u2019s proposal, as well as what he thinks about it:<\/p>\n<p>[Lukashenka speaking] \u201cIt was announced about the possibility of providing Belarus with 940 million dollars of so-called quick financing\u2026 I want to declare that we will not dance to anyone! There are already demands: you say, in the fight against coronavirus in Belarus, do as in Italy!\u00a0 \u2026 Listen, I don\u2019t want the situation in Belarus to repeat itself as in Italy. I don\u2019t want this. We have our own country, our own situation. And God forbid that we end up with this coronavirus as it is now.\u00a0<strong>The World Bank is already ready to finance us 10 times more than it offered, for the fact that we are effectively fighting this disease.<\/strong>\u00a0Even I have requested experience from the Ministry of Health. And the IMF continues to demand from us:\u00a0<strong>you give quarantine, let\u2019s isolate, let\u2019s have a curfew!<\/strong>\u00a0\u2026 Listen, what nonsense! \u201c<\/p>\n<p>Thank God for some leaders standing up to the global mafia. I believe Lukashenka is saying that the IMF offered $950m to \u201c<strong>quarantine\u2026 isolate\u2026 curfew!\u201d<\/strong>, all because Belarus is\u00a0<strong>\u201ceffectively fighting this disease.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Could a reader that understand the video, please confirm what is being said.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041b\u0443\u043a\u0430\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e: \u041f\u043e \u044d\u0442\u0438\u043c \u0431\u0443\u0440\u0436\u0443\u044f\u043c \u0432 \u0411\u0435\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0437\u043f\u0440\u043e\u043c\u0431\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0435 \u0432\u0438\u0436\u0443, \u0441\u043e\u0442\u043d\u0438 \u043c\u0438\u043b\u043b\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043e\u0432 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0433 \u0432\u044b\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0438\u0437 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u044b!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A4ZzIf_38-U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gumshoenews.com\/2020\/08\/02\/did-the-imf-try-bribe-belarus-with-950-million-to-be-in-lockstep\/\">https:\/\/gumshoenews.com\/2020\/08\/02\/did-the-imf-try-bribe-belarus-with-950-million-to-be-in-lockstep\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did The IMF Try Bribe Belarus With $950 Million To be in Lockstep?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}