{"id":52646,"date":"2023-12-01T14:49:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T11:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=52646"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"interior-minister-tells-police-chiefs-to-prevent-destabilization-in-run-up-to-elections","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/52646\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior minister tells police chiefs to prevent destabilization in run-up to elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kubrakov_001_744x496.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kubrakov_001_744x496.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kubrakov_001_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Interior ministry&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 1, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The upcoming parliamentary and local elections must in no way destabilize Belarus, Interior Minister Ivan Kubrako\u016d has told the ministry&#8217;s board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We must be ready to act under special conditions,&#8221; the ministry&#8217;s press office quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juryj Nazaranka, the official in charge of public order, said that polling stations will be equipped with video surveillance and alarm systems and guarded by police officers 24\/7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional patrols and &#8220;rapid response groups&#8221; will maintain law and order in Minsk and other cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week, Minsk police and oth\u00ader secu\u00adri\u00adty forces <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/52228\/\">held<\/a> an anti-riot exer\u00adcise at the Lip\u00adki air\u00adfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, the inte\u00adri\u00ador min\u00adistry has orga\u00adnized nine spe\u00adcial operations units based in the Min\u00adsk, Brest, Hrod\u00adna and Homiel regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ear\u00adli\u00ader reports sug\u00adgest that the min\u00adistry employed Rus\u00adsi\u00ada\u2019s Wag\u00adn\u00ader Group fight\u00aders as mil\u00adi\u00adtary instruc\u00adtors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police showed unprecedented brutality in response to mass protests against vote rigging in the 2020 presidential election. 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