Talk:Belarusian coup plot

Ischenko article (mainpage): do not agree with claims. (1)Plot: according to Lukashenko, conspirators included an Army man, who pretended to support them while working for the government. Superiority of 3 -letter agencies, --whatever, the jury is still out, not rooting for either, but I believe Belarus was winning inter-agency sporting competitions, while they were still held (2) security council (by now some decree details are announced by Lukashenko): this appears to be some kind of emergency situation committee, in case if president is taken out in such a coup; some kind of military rule, to counter successful hybrid warfare. I do not see how (on technical level, civil issues aside) is this inferior to power passing to prime minister, in such exceptional circumstances; this is not really about some political developments or scheming, this is about emergency rule with military maintaining basic-level order and livelihood; the prime minister is not best equipped for such a role; and this is also to convince external forces that there will be stiff and organized defense, not manageable by them civilian-grade chaos. --Resup (talk) 01:50, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Lukashenko: ''It will be necessary to declare a state of emergency instantly, up to a military one, if someone moves at the border. And the Security Council must make a decision. - Therefore, I said that I would sign this decree and determine who will rule the country, "if suddenly..."

After partially watching first video, I am a bit surprised that Zenkovich openly solicited an Army person he apparently first met to join the conspiracy, and was giving short, few months timeframe for action to start; with Pinochet as a role model. It's true though that other newsworthy opposition stars also seem to act very bluntly; I am puzzled how all this works. In video he is shown to constantly communicating back and forth like being tightly managed; maybe; but how one would get into such a thing. I was also surprised that he said he acted as a hand of Dmitry Shegelsky (1, 2; coup video) a psychiatrist who allegedly leaked some medical records which would appear unfavorable to Lukashenko and made public comments to same effect, then had to emigrate. I am not sure what was going on, but it could be a plug to bury unfavorable media coverage (update: after seen more videos: but Shegelsky is videoed participating in some coup meetings). On the other hand, Shegelsky could be acting not only on his own wits --it would be obvious that what he did would bring him into conflict with authorities, and true reasons he took those actions is unknown.

Noted, a woman whose arrest was shown on previous Belarus video, Mankurts, ran to the West and sings on RFE/RL. She is raising some issues but the arrest was real  --Resup (talk) 05:27, 29 April 2021 (UTC)