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| Wagner found a new target in Latvia |
| 2023-08-04 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Viktor Lavrinenko [REGNUM] In Lithuania and Latvia sound the alarm. At the suggestion of the former adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine Aleksey Arestovich (included in the Russian list of terrorists and extremists), Riga and Vilnius began to fear that the “threat” from the PMC “Wagner” relocated to Belarus in relation to Poland is, they say, a “fraudulent maneuver” designed to "take your eyes off". In fact, allegedly "Wagner" is preparing to undertake sabotage against Lithuania and Latvia. In this case, the Lithuanians and Latvians are preparing to tightly block the border with Belarus. "WAGNER" GOING SOMEWHERE? Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on July 29 that Wagner PMC fighters had moved towards Poland. Prior to this, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the "Wagnerites" want to go to the West "on an excursion." The President added that he keeps the fighters in the center of the country in accordance with the agreements and does not want to send them to the western borders of Belarus, because they have "bad moods." The situation attracted the attention of the former adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine Oleksiy Arestovich, who in certain circles enjoys the reputation of an “expert in strategy” - and he spoke out on this matter. Arestovich believes that the goal of Wagner may not be Poland, but Lithuanian Vilnius and Latvian Daugavpils, also located near the border with Belarus. According to Arestovich, “in a situation of a classic hybrid war, provocations could begin on the Polish border, which would draw attention to themselves, and in the meantime, crowds of refugees with Wagner militants would break through the Belarusian-Lithuanian and Belarusian-Latvian borders and try to penetrate into Lithuania and Latvia » . Arestovich fears that " Wagnerites " with "submachine guns hidden under their jackets" will be indistinguishable from refugees. However, he assesses the Suwalki Corridor attack, which is feared in Poland, as unlikely: “We are not talking about Russia starting a war with NATO. So far, these are informational provocations that should influence the opinion of the West in order to create favorable conditions for Moscow to negotiate.” These insinuations of the ex-counselor fell, as they say, on fertile ground. In the summer of the year before last, a large-scale refugee crisis began on the borders of Belarus with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Thousands of residents of the Middle East and Africa bought air tickets to Belarus and then tried to get into the European Union from Belarusian territory. The Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian authorities managed to stop this invasion by applying very harsh measures. Migrants were met at the border by armed security forces who beat them and poisoned them with dogs. Some of the refugees were expelled back to Belarus, some were placed in concentration camps for subsequent deportation. Thus, the wave of refugees was brought down, but it has not completely stopped to this day - news from the border periodically comes about more and more massacres by Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian border guards. Moreover, in Warsaw, Vilnius and Riga they are firmly convinced that the invasion of migrants on their borders was personally organized by President Lukashenko, who uses refugees as a “hybrid weapon”. Therefore, they are ready to expect any deceit from him. FROM CINEMA TO REALITY Interestingly, Arestovich identified Daugavpils, the largest city in Latgale, the eastern Latvian region, as one of the potential targets of Wagner. In 2016, the Western media already frightened the audience with the fact that Daugavpils was supposedly capable of causing a full-scale conflict between Russia and NATO. Such a course of events is presented in the BBC film "The Third World War: in the command post." This film shows a possible revolt of the inhabitants of Daugavpils, a city where the majority of the population is Russian-speaking and has reason to be dissatisfied with the ethnocratic policy of the Latvian authorities. Citizens, armed with machine guns taken from them out of nowhere, seize the city council building, throw down and burn the flag of Latvia, declare the creation of the “Latgale People's Republic” and call on Russia for help. A mayor named Dimitri Vorlsav calls for a referendum on secession from Riga, after which NATO brings in troops. Rumors that the population of Latgale is about to revolt have been spreading for almost ten years. Western journalists and representatives of the special services disguised as them regularly go to the region - they sniff out, reconnoiter, and feel the ground. So, back in early 2014, The Telegraph in London published a sensational article “The Ukrainian crisis has caused tension in the Latvian “Crimea”. The journalist Colin Freeman , who visited Daugavpils, stunned the reader: they say, even despite Latvia's membership in NATO, "Mr. Putin wants to have his foothold here." They say that the president of the Russian Federation can shake up separatist sentiments in the eastern regions of the country, which previously belonged to Russia. Russian pensioners are being prepared for deportation from Latvia At some point, rumors about a possible “uprising” grew so strong that the then mayor of Daugavpils, Janis Lachplesis , issued a special statement to the press in 2016: “The real threat is that schools have to close due to a lack of children, unemployment is higher, and salaries and pensions are lower than in other regions of Latvia”, and not at all in the “little green men”. Back in the fall of 2015, the Maple Arch exercise was held near Vilnius with the joint participation of Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian military personnel. According to the "legend" of these maneuvers, the integrity and sovereignty of the fictional Baltic country of Amberland ("Amber Land") was violated by the aggressive state of Redland, which lies in the east. “The invaders artificially initiated and supported separatist movements in the region, which led to the illegal separation of part of the territories from Amberland and the creation of the Latgala geographical formation, unrecognized by the world society ,” the script read. READY TO CLOSE THE BORDER After Aleksey Arestovich's statement about the possible plans of Wagner, Deputy Minister of the Interior of Lithuania Arnoldas Abramavichyus said that Vilnius and Warsaw were considering closing the border with Belarus. Abramavichyus stressed that he has information that the day before, representatives of the Polish government visited the border with Belarus and assessed the threats emanating from there. “About 1,200 “Wagnerites” who are on the territory of Belarus were identified there. Some of them are located near the border ,” the Deputy Minister noted. However, according to him, from a military point of view, Wagner will not intimidate Poland. “As for Lukashenka’s statements that they will “ travel” to Poland ... As a military force, they do not pose a serious threat ,” the deputy minister believes. On the other hand, in his opinion, “the possibility of various provocations on the border with Belarus cannot be ruled out.” Abramavičius explained his idea as follows: “These may be some groups that are being transferred under the guise of refugees or illegal migrants in order to cause some kind of targeted riots. The possibility of closing the border exists. The question is how far the Belarusian regime will go, of course, in agreement with the Russian regime. In what powers will be given to Wagner . On this subject the mayor of Daugavpils Andrey Elksninsh has expressed also . By the way, Latvian nationalists consider him "an agent of Moscow's influence." On the grounds that Elksnins objected to the demolition of monuments to Soviet soldiers and objects to the deportation planned by the Latvian authorities of elderly Russian citizens permanently residing in the state who did not pass the Latvian language exam. "Thanks for the warning! Daugavpils fought off Napoleon and will cope with Wagner , ”Elksnins wrote on a social network. The analogy used by the mayor is interesting. Recently, Daugavpils hosted an annual reenactment and historical festival dedicated to the events of July 1812, when the unfinished Russian Dinaburg fortress (Dinaburg - the former name of Daugavpils) managed to seriously delay the advancing troops of Napoleon. It is worth noting that the presence of Wagner in Belarus could be a convenient excuse for the Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian authorities to ban their citizens from traveling there. Last year, President Lukashenko ordered the introduction of a visa-free regime for citizens of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland - and in total about 640,000 residents of these countries have already visited Belarus. They visited relatives, bought cheap Belarusian goods, rested in local sanatoriums, saturated the economy of the “dictatorial regime” with foreign currency. The governments in Riga, Vilnius and Warsaw gnashed their teeth in anger, but for the time being they could do nothing with these trips. Now the reason seems to be found. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 What's left of Wagner is an infantry force. They surrendered their heavy weapons to the Russian army. Good for massacring, raping and plundering Africans. Not so good for a European land war. |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-08-04 20:51 |