Łukašenka in favor of strengthening KGB

June 13, BPN. The time has come to reconsider the role and functions of the Committee for State Security (KGB) in Belarus and step up intelligence, counterintelligence and counterterrorist operations, Alaksandr Łukašenka has said at a meeting with senior security officials.

Łukašenka also stressed the importance of information security, especially in conditions of a “hybrid war” against Belarus. 

On June 3, he announced the creation of “information special forces,” noting that state media workers would be involved in day-to-day information warfare.