The Belarusian security forces aggressively detain and torture the protesters, because they are embittered because of the low salary and work schedule. This was stated in an interview with the Belarusian service Radio Liberty said the former deputy commander of the combat group anti-terrorist unit Ministry of Internal Affairs Belarus “Almaz” senior lieutenant Igor Makar.
“Some understand them and justify that” we work here for days, we have a barracks regime, because every Saturday, Sunday we wait for these actions, and we do not need it “… They receive a small salary, no one does anything At first I was told that they were paid for every day, but now nobody pays anything, “he explained.
Makar called the behavior of the Belarusian OMON soldiers inhuman and not amenable to any criticism. “When you put handcuffs on a detainee – no matter who he is, – any aggressive actions stop. The man is in handcuffs, he is unarmed, he is in handcuffs, he can neither be beaten nor mocked,” the former special forces soldier noted.
Another reason for the aggressive behavior of the security forces, he called absolute impunity. According to Makar, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko achieved the separation of the power bloc with the people and ” dragged these units into such aggression, which manifests itself every day more and more. “
He also believes that the detention of protesters in the country will continue, and the more people take to the streets, the more active the security forces will be. “I talked, in particular, with the riot police, they are very tired, so they are doing everything to just end the rallies and protests,” Makar explained.
For the past three months, there have been massive protests in Belarus over the official results of the presidential elections on August 9, according to which Lukashenko won 80 percent of the vote. As told earlier ” Lente.ru ” eyewitnesses, not only men, but also women and teenagers became victims of beatings in police stations and paddy wagons.