{"id":149984,"date":"2025-08-07T16:23:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149984\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-voices-opposition-to-kgb-expansion","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149984\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka voices opposition to KGB expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (Belarusian leader's press office)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

August 7, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus’ top security officials met in Minsk today to discuss proposals for reforming the Committee for State Security (KGB), according to a statement from the Belarusian leader\u2019s press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement did not detail the proposals, which were initially put forward \u201csome time ago\u201d by KGB chief Ivan Tertel and later revised by Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d, the state secretary of the Security Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka emphasized that while he had no intention of reducing funding for the KGB or lowering its agents’ salaries, he firmly opposed any increase in its staffing levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou see what is going on,\u201d the press office quoted him as saying. \u201cWe are witnessing a shift of labor from civilian professions to military roles. That\u2019s why we need workers in the production sector first and foremost. We have no right to pull people away from there. This applies to everyone, including the Committee for State Security, in terms of staffing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to \u0141uka\u0161enka, the meeting was attended by Tertel, Valfovi\u010d, Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied, former KGB deputy chief Ihar Sierhiejenka, and former KGB chief Valeryj Vakul\u010dyk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka has ruled Belarus since 1994. The KGB remains the primary agency enabling him to maintain power and suppress dissent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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