RT: WATCH: Lukashenko makes dramatic landing at Minsk residence carrying ASSAULT RIFLE & in tactical gear, as protesters line streets
Just when you thought things in Belarus couldn't get anymore surreal, they did. As crowds of protestors gathered near his residence in Minsk on Sunday evening, a defiant Alexander Lukashenko landed by helicopter, ready for action.
The bizarre footage, posted by a Telegram channel close to Lukashenko’s press service, shows the President dressed in a tactical vest and carrying an AK assault rifle. It appears that Lukashenko - in power for 26 years - is channelling Salvador Allende, the former Chilean President deposed in a 1973 CIA-backed coup.
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Update #1: Video of Alexander Lukashenko Arriving at Presidential Palace With Assault Rifle Emerges Online -- Sputnik
Update #2: Belarus: Lukashenko brandishes rifle as army monitors 200,000 protesters (SKY News)
WNU Editor: He thinks he is projecting strength. But I am seeing someone who is clearly scared.