Who Is Behind ‘Black Rus,’ the Mysterious Group Claiming Responsibility for an Armed Incursion Into Latvia From Belarus?
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A group presenting itself as "Belorian patriots", called "Black Rus", claimed a recent incident on the border between Belarus and Latvia. It claims that this is only a beginning and promises other actions against NATO countries. But the very existence of this group raises questions, while a possible involvement of Russian or Belarusian secret services is mentioned.
Unknown Group Called 'Black Russia' Claims Aggressive Incursion of Migrants Into Latvia From Belarus
On this occasion, the attempt by migrants to enter Community territory was different from the previous one. A week ago, a group of asylum seekers composed of about twenty individuals attempted to break into Latvian territory from neighbouring Belarus, a country chaired by Aleksándr Lukashenko, Vladimir Putin’s close ally. On this occasion, they did not arrive alone; they entered forced by a group of masked and armed men, who damaged electrical e…
The Black Russians group claims responsibility for the incident on the Latvian-Belarusian border that took place on the night of October 6. At that time, a group of aggressive and armed men attempted to illegally transfer two dozen migrants to Latvia and later damaged the infrastructure there.
Belarus denied on Tuesday that it had anything to do with the border events.
Who is behind ‘Black Rus,’ the mysterious group claiming responsibility for an armed incursion into Latvia from Belarus?
A group calling itself “Black Rus” (Chyornye Rusy) has claimed responsibility for an incident on the Latvia-Belarus border in which armed, masked men threatened Latvian soldiers overnight on October 6.
A new radical group from Belarus says it has infiltrated Latvia and vows to continue its provocations. Latvian media have speculated that Russia may be behind the attack.
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