Lukashenka noted that the protest actions began to subside and move to courtyard territories.
“Why go to the courtyard? .. Why create memorials in Minsk under the guise of cemeteries?
First: the cemetery and memorials are a psychological impact on the population ... But what is most dangerous is that the process of radicalization has begun, everyone has already noted this, and these courtyards are becoming - have already become - a place of showdown, ”BelTA quotes him.
According to the Belarusian leader, in the future such courtyards, with the continued radicalization of the protests, could become the site of the outbreak of a civil war.
“The main goal is that these points of confrontation tomorrow, when radicalization continues and they come here from abroad, and there are some of us, they take up arms to turn it into a place where a civil war began,” Lukashenka stressed.
He added that Minsk cannot be turned into a cemetery.
Lukashenka also ordered to restore order in Minsk by the end of the week.
On November 11, the police received a message that a fight had taken place in the courtyard of a house in Minsk “between aggressive local residents who were hanging the ribbons and those taking them off”.
On the spot, police officers found a man with bodily injuries and signs of alcoholic intoxication, who was taken to the police department to clarify the circumstances of the incident.
However, the man's health subsequently worsened, he was hospitalized and died the next day.
Lukashenka instructed the Prosecutor General's Office to take control of the case.