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schema:articleBody	Belarus investigators on Thursday accused Russian mercenaries and top critics of President Alexander Lukashenko, Sergei Tikhanovsky and Mikola Statkevich, of collaborating to plot mass unrest ahead of presidential elections. The authorities have opened criminal cases against "Tikhanovsky, Statkevich and 33 detained Russian citizens," spokesman for the Investigative Committee Sergei Kabakovich told AFP. "They acted together," he added. The announcement came after the ex-Soviet country's security service on Wednesday arrested a group of 32 Russian fighters as well as one other man in a different location. The Belarus KGB security service says the detained men are members of the Wagner group, a shadowy private military firm reportedly controlled by an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin which promotes Moscow's interests in Ukraine, Syria and Libya. Earlier on Thursday Belarus said it had opened a criminal probe into planned acts of terror by Russian mercenaries, adding that it was tracking down dozens more. The high-profile arrests come as Lukashenko, who has been in power for nearly three decades, is seeking a sixth term in the August 9 election, despite rising anger against his authoritarian rule. Tikhanovsky, a popular 41-year-old blogger, and 63-year-old Statkevich, one of the country's best-known opposition leaders, are both in jail. Tikhanovsky, who nicknamed Lukashenko the "cockroach," has not been allowed to get on the ballot and his wife Svetlana is now running in his place. In a statement on Thursday, the Investigative Committee said another criminal probe was opened against Tikhanovsky, accusing him of inciting "social hostility" and calls to use violence against members of law enforcement. Statkevich challenged Lukashenko in elections in 2010 and was afterwards sentenced to six years in prison. He was released in 2015 but has not been allowed to participate in the upcoming election. tk-as/jbr/pvh
schema:headline	Belarus accuses Russians, Lukashenko critics of plotting unrest
schema:mentions	Alexander Lukashenko Svetlana Alliluyeva Syrian Civil War Private military company Wagner Group Cockroach Agence France-Presse Belarus Libya Moscow President of Russia Vladimir Putin Russian language Ukraine Mikola Statkevich State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander III of Russia Authoritarianism PVH (company)
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schema:datePublished	2020-07-30 (xsd:date)
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