🇧🇾#BELARUS_2020 | Main events for August 18

🔹"Naftan" — the largest oil refinery in Belarus — demands the resignation of Lukashenko from the presidency within 10 days

🇧🇾🇷🇺 Lukashenko called Putin once again

🇷🇺🇪🇺 Putin and European Council President Charles Michel discussed the crisis situation in Belarus

🔹Lukashenko called the coordinating council for the transfer of power a "bunch of Nazis": "This is attempt to seize power with all the ensuing consequences."

🇪🇺 A meeting of the European Council on Belarus will take place today. The heads of state and government of EU countries will discuss the political crisis in format of videoconference

🇩🇪🇷🇺🇧🇾 Merkel called Putin to discuss the situation in Belarus.
"We should immediately release political prisoners and enter into a national dialogue with the opposition and society to overcome the crisis", Merkel said
In response, Putin expressed "hope for early normalization of the situation."

🔹Lukashenko announced the possible transformation of Belarus into a cordon against Russian Federation, and said that he and Putin have "one opinion" that "this mess" isn't accidental.

❓Russia and Belarus will unite immediately after victory of US President Donald Trump in the elections, said Elina Marzoeva, Deputy Chief of Staff of the President of South Ossetia.
“Russia will go to unite with Belarus, but only after announcement of the results of US elections. If Trump wins, a unified state will be announced. If Biden wins, Russia will face real sanctions and then it will have no time for union state, and Lukashenko's Belarus will crumble like a house of cards”

🔹Head of the Ministry of Belarus Internal Affairs said that the protesters are paid from abroad: "the guys are paid 30 rubles, the girls — 60," said Yuri Karaev

🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held telephone talks with the head of Pentagon
“Exchange of views took place on the situation in various regions of the world,” the Russian Defense Ministry explained in a vague manner.

❗️Kremlin political analyst Sergei Kurginyan said that Russian elite "must provide Belarus and its elite with everything they need, including status and income, to keep it in orbit of our influence."
According to him, the street riots in Minsk are organized “to demolish” Lukashenko and lead to a pro-Western coup.
Kurginyan believes that "the entry of Belarus into Russia will pay off in any case"

🙃 This week's undoubted masterpiece: militants of a Russian PMC were sent to Belarus... by Ukraine! — new Lukashenko's version

P.S. The version about "non-interference of the Kremlin" is rapidly turning into anecdote...

👽Russian cosmonaut Ivan Wagner has published video taken from ISS during the flight between Antarctica and Australia.
Frames were taken once per second, and then were collected into video in timelapse mode - 25 frames per second.
On the video at 9-12 seconds can see a group of five UFOs

"The information was brought to management of State Corporation Roscosmos. Materials were transferred to TsNIIMash and Space Research Institute RAS for analysis," the astronaut wrote on Twitter
Eh, guy will not fly into space anymore!


👽Российский космонавт Иван Вагнер опубликовал видеоролик, снятый с борта МКС во время пролета между Антарктидой и Австралией.
Кадры делались один раз в секунду, а затем были собраны в timelapse в режиме 25 кадров в секунду.
На видео на 9-12 секундах видно группу из пяти НЛО

"Информация доведена до руководства Госкорпорации «Роскосмос». Материалы переданы в ЦНИИмаш и ИКИ РАН для анализа", - написал космонавт в Twitter
Эх, не летать парню больше в космос!