新华社 北京4月18日电（记者陈立希)
4/18/2021
俄罗斯联邦安全局17日说，俄联邦安全局与白俄罗斯国家安全委员会采取联合行动，挫败一起试图推翻白俄罗斯政府并刺杀白俄罗斯总统亚历山大·卢卡申科的政变图谋，并逮捕两名白俄罗斯人。
美联社报道，嫌疑人亚历山大·费杜塔在上世纪90年代曾担任卢卡申科发言人，后加入白俄罗斯反对派；另一嫌疑人尤里·津科维奇为律师，有白俄罗斯和美国双重国籍。
俄罗斯卫星通讯社援引俄联邦安全局声明报道，费杜塔和津科维奇试图于5月9日在白俄罗斯首都明斯克举行卫国战争胜利日游行时发起行动。行动计划包括夺取并控制白俄罗斯电视台和电台、切断电网、阻断通信等。
声明说，津科维奇先前曾飞赴美国和波兰密谋行动计划，后在莫斯科一家餐厅与多名所谓白俄罗斯“将领”会面。
俄联邦安全局声明说，俄方从白俄罗斯国家安全委员会获得情报，展开行动，现已向白俄罗斯移交嫌疑人。
白俄罗斯国家安全委员会主席伊万·捷特尔说，嫌疑人在做武力袭击准备，以推翻白俄罗斯领导层、刺杀总统卢卡申科及其家人和白俄罗斯政府高级官员。
卢卡申科17日说，调查人员发现外国势力牵涉其中，“很可能是（美国）联邦调查局或中央情报局”。
白俄罗斯去年8月9日举行新一届总统选举，卢卡申科以80.1%的得票率胜出，再次当选总统。随后，明斯克等城市多次发生较大规模抗议活动，抗议者对总统选举结果提出质疑。一些西方国家以白总统选举存在舞弊行为为由对其部分官员和机构实施制裁，白俄罗斯施以反制。
Russia arrests two alleged Belarus coup plotters
Russia’s main security agency says it arrested two Belarusians who it claims were preparing a plot to overthrow Belarus’ government and kill authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko
By The Associated Press
4/18/2021
MOSCOW — Russia’s main security agency says it has arrested two Belarusians who it said were preparing a plot to overthrow Belarus’ government and kill authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.
One of the men arrested, Aleksandr Feduta, was Lukahsenko’s spokesman when he was first elected in 1994, but later joined the opposition. The other, lawyer Yuras Zyankovich, has dual Belarusian-U.S. citizenship.
The Federal Security Service said Saturday that the two have been handed over to Belarus. Russian authorities were alerted to information about the men’s plans by the Belarusian security service, the KGB.
The Russian agency said the two suspects came to Moscow to meet with opposition-minded Belarusian generals, whom they told that “for the successful implementation of their plan, it was necessary to physically eliminate practically the entire top leadership of the republic.”
“They detailed the plan for a military coup, in particular, including the seizure of radio and television centers to broadcast their appeal to the people, blocking the internal troops and riot police units loyal to the current government,” the Russian agency said.
Lukashenko told Belarusian television Saturday that investigators found evidence of foreign involvement in the alleged plot, “most likely the FBI, the CIA.”
After nationwide protests against Lukashenko broke out last year after his disputed election win, he repeatedly blamed Western countries for allegedly plotting his downfall or even preparing for a military intervention.
The protests, some of which attracted as many as 200,000 people, started in August after an election that official results say gave Lukashenko a sixth term in office. Opposition members and even some poll workers said the results were fraudulent.
Security forces then cracked down hard on the demonstrations, arresting more than 34,000 people, many of whom were beaten. Most prominent opposition figures have fled Belarus or have since been jailed.
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russia-arrests-alleged-belarus-coup-plotters-77141580
