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COMMUNISTS in Belarus have called for international support and solidarity to stop a “bloody coup” to remove President Alexander Lukashenko from power.
The Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) warned of serious consequences if plans being pressed by the US, EU and their Nato allies are successful, drawing comparisons to the so-called “colour revolutions” seen in Ukraine and Georgia.
“We saw what their intervention would result in: in the lynching of communists, the destruction of monuments to Lenin and other Soviet leaders, the prohibition of our symbols, the praise of Hitler’s henchmen. And most importantly, into a disaster for the working people,” a party statement said.
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