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The ultimate goal of the coup was to change the constitutional system of Belarus, abolish the institute of presidency and entrust power to the National Reconciliation
Neither Russia nor the US has commented on Lukashenko s assertions.
The Belarus strongman has been in power since 1994 and claimed a landslide victory in the 2020 presidential election ruled fraudulent by the opposition and Western countries.
Since then, mass protests against his rule have taken place regularly across the country despite the violent crackdown orchestrated by the authorities. The EU, UK and US have all imposed sanctions against high-ranking Belarusian officials over the election rigging and subsequent repression.
Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who has taken refuge in Lithuania, denounced a provocation by the Russian and Belarusian security services, in which citizens of Belarus and the United States were dragged in .
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