FX.co ★ Politics: Belarus faces worst political crisis in history

Latest news from Belarus: Yandex evacuates its employees from Belarus due to searches and pressure from security forces.

Lukashenko announces mobilization. Thus, reserve members recalled to serve active duty due to a national emergency. Reportedly, Lukashenko expects military invasion from Poland and Lithuania.

The Belarusian ruble is falling sharply against the US dollar, the euro and the Russian ruble on the Belarusian stock exchange.

The European Union does not recognize election results on August 9. According to official data, Lukashenko won, gaining 80% of the vote. Both Europe and the United States consider the election results to be fabricated. Twice, on August 16 and 23, demonstrations against Lukashenko, that took place in Minsk and in all cities of the country, broke the record of largest protests in the history of contemporary Belarus with nearly 200,000 marchers. Meanwhile, Lukashenko was unable to bring together more than 20,000 his support, even with the help of administrative pressure.

Security forces remain the only hope for Lukashenko. Almost all of them remain loyal to the president. At the same time, around 1,000 people resigned as a sign of protest against Lukashenko. Nevertheless, not a single division of the army or police opposed him.

The struggle around strikes continues in Belarus. The country's authorities are making great efforts to disrupt the strikes of the largest enterprises.

The government arrests and kidnaps the leaders of the strikes, as well as the members of the Coordination Council of Belarus and Svetlana Tikhanovskaya who won the majority in the presidential election. Tikhanovskaya had to flee for Lithuania, her husband is in prison together with the most popular presidential candidate Babariko, his son, and up to 1,000 of their supporters. Belarusian opposition demands the following: 1) To release all political prisoners; 2) to investigate the riot police violence on August 9-14; 3) Lukashenko to negotiate with opposition leaders on a peaceful transition of power and hold a new fair election.

Belarusian opposition is not taking any violent action even despite the arrests of their activists. Moreover, it is ready to allow Lukashenko to take part in new elections.

But Lukashenko is ready to speak with Belarusian opposition only in the language of violence, intimidation, and arrests.