Russian parliamentarian Vladimir Zhirinovsky has expressed solidarity with protesters in Belarus and detained journalists there.
The leader of the liberal Democrats stressed that the current President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has lost the trust of his people, and predicted to him the fate of ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. He said this in his microblog.
I Express my solidarity with all those who suffered repression in Belarus, first of all with roughly the detained journalists of “Rain”. They should be released. Voters have refused to trust Lukashenko. Lukashenka is waiting for the fate of Yanukovych, wrote Zhirinovsky.
In the capital of Belarus, protests continue, they began after the polls closed. In the Republic of August 9 presidential elections were held. According to preliminary data of the CEC, incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko is gaining 81,35% of the vote.
Wrote NEWS.ru earlier, the Russian political scientist Gleb Pavlovsky estimated the probability of revolution in Belarus.
