“West 2017”:in Belarus, the growing protests because of the teachings

Lukashenka has cancelled trip to Russia due to the challenging behavior of the Russian military against the citizens of Belarus

Secretary of the national security Council and defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov said that in Belarus, the growing protests because of the Russian-Belarusian military exercises “West-2017”.

“Due to the growth of protest in Belarus associated with exercise “Zapad-2017″ and calling the behavior of Russian soldiers against the citizens of Belarus, President Lukashenka has cancelled his visit to Russia and decided to observe the training exclusively on the ground in Belarus”, – stated in the message. Earlier, Lukashenko said that the relations of Belarus with the Russian Federation there is a negative dynamics. According to Lukashenko, Belarus ‘ relations with Russia has been negative.

In particular, in his opinion, the parties “have lost much in many directions.” In particular, he expressed disappointment that Russia has strengthened border control and customs officials “behave it is unclear how to block the goods.”

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