We’ll Ask Authorities Our Questions In Public On September 8

Peaceful Belarus remains the main goal of the Warning Action.

Ordinary Belarusians are becoming more and more concerned about the Belarus-Russia military exercises West-2017. Many experts express worries about the magnitude of the "military games". The Belarusian National Congress is preparing a Warning Action on September 8, which should show the readiness of the Belarusians to defend their country. Arthur Klimovich, an activist, formulated the questions to the Belarusian authorities on Facebook:

— Sometimes I come across the comments of yet another homegrown "military expert" in the newsfeed (it’s not even a certain fact that they served in the army) that the presence of thousands of soldiers of the state, that started three wars in the last decade, in our territory, does not threaten the independence of Belarus. There are a couple of questions what need to be asked in this regard:

— Why haven’t NATO observers been invited to # West2017?

— Why do they urgently cut down forests on the border with Ukraine and build bridges on the border with Lithuania?

— Why is Russia conducting an unprecedented mobilization of troops along the entire western border, including carrying out the transfer of shock armored groups, simultaneously with the exercises in Belarus?

— Why do all politicians, foreign ministers of Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, the NATO leadership have no doubt that there is a serious threat of an attack by the Russian troops on their neighbors or provocations aimed against these countries?

— Why did Putin initiate changes in the Agreement between the Russian Federation and Belarus on joint protection of the external border of the "union state" in the airspace and the creation of a unified regional air defense system?

— Why do the authorities of Belarus, and the media, lie about the number of Russian troops taking part in the exercises? After all, even by analyzing official sources, one can understand that there are dozens of thousands of them.

— Why do the Belarusian authorities spend an enormous amount of money on exercises in the conditions when the average salary in the country is a couple of hundred dollars?

— Why, despite the fact that the exercises have not officially begun yet, according to bloggers and ordinary residents, they have long been taking place in different parts of the country?

— Why is anti-Western hysteria fueled on the Russian TV again, and Belarusians in Smolensk are greeted by some mummers with Stalin and threats against the West?

So, if we get answers to these questions - you can safely stay at home. Otherwise, probably, we must ask these questions publicly in place where they will be heard.