{"id":122958,"date":"2025-01-23T14:23:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T11:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122958\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-security-chief-moscow-minsk-may-escalate-regional-tensions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122958\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition security chief: Moscow, Minsk may escalate regional tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

January 23, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A joint regional strategy is required to respond to coordinated action by authorities in Moscow and Minsk, Vadzim Kaban\u010duk, the Belarusian opposition\u2019s security chief, has told journalists, citing the Kremlin\u2019s \u201cmethods of pressure and expansion” in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moscow is set to weaken national identities and promote pro-Russian moods via the Russian Orthodox Church and state-controlled media outlets, using economic and political pressure in the region, primarily in Belarus, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only a combination of political, diplomatic and military tools can successfully counter this type of \u201chybrid aggression,\u201d he said, warning about potential escalation of regional tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2022, Russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine in which the Belarusian authorities supported the Kremlin, <\/a>allowing Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and supplying arms to Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Internal troops veterans training at military bases<\/h3>\n
January 22, Pozirk. Veterans from the special-purpose detachments Honar and \u015amier\u010d have been training at Military Units 3214 in Minsk and 3310 in the Minsk district to improve their marksmanship, tactical and medical skills, the Interior Ministry's Internal Troops said …<\/div>\n \n