Lukashenka’s stick and carrot :: Charter'97 :: News

Lukashenka toughly warned the upper management of the KGB of impermissibility of their sticking to business, expressed his dissatisfaction with the cases of information leakage from the secret service departments and, called for the youth to gather under the Dzerzhinsky’s banner and acknowledged the journalists’ version of the KGB and Interior ministry confrontation. In his speech on introduction of new head of the KGB Yuri Zhadobin Lukashenka praised the “chekists” for the “Polish spies” case and gave a tough warning to the upper management of the KGB of impermissibility of their sticking to the business.” And as far as your certain commercial aspirations are concerned, be aware that we’ll cut your hands up to the shoulders”, A. Lukashenka declared on Thursday when introducing new head of the KGB Yuri Zhadobin.

Lukashenka considers that it is necessary to call the youth to the KGB. With this in view he ordered the new KGB head “to sweep” the committee “over the year” and to dismiss those who have attained the retirement age limit. “There are enough such persons here”, stressed head of the state.

Lukashenka also declared that the facts of the illegal activities of the KGB will be roughly terminated.

“Today at certain sights in Internet’ the facts of your illegal activities are gossiped about. It also concerns the Chairman of the State Control Committee Zyanon Lomats, etc. I believe that in the course of the criminal investigation the General Public Prosecutor , present KGB authorities and Interior Ministry will discover the truth”., A. Lukashenka declared on Thursday.

The head of the state criticized the situation concerning the information protection at the KGB. ”What is known to the KGB is known to the whole country. It is shameful of the KGB”.

At the same time he also thanked the Belarusian counter-intelligence service for exposure of the agents’ network of the Polish intelligence service.