Why authorities showed Maryia Kalesnikava to the public? Game is changing
Why did the regime show Maryia Kalesnikava?
Recently, propaganda showed a photo of Maryia Kalesnikava meeting her father. The photo was published in social networks by Raman Pratasevich.
Why the regime decided to show a political prisoner and what goals Lukashenka is setting, discusses political scientist Pavel Usau on the air of Euroradio.
According to the expert, the regime will try to reformat Maryia Kalesnikava as the main symbol of the events of 2020, to force her to make statements about "national reconciliation".
"More and more such voices are heard. This is the main goal. After all, such messages from Maryia Kalesnikava completely change the form of existence of the system and society.
For a significant number of Belarusians, who will be affected in 2020, it will be a shock. Of course, there will be no reconciliation. But in the ideological sense, forcing Kolesnikova to say such words is very important for the regime, so they will press more and more, first of all psychologically.
That's why Pratasevich appeared there. I'm sure he talked to her for several hours and told her it wasn't so bad.
Usau says that this photo is an information operation, like a similar one when Lukashenka met with political prisoners in pre-trial detention centers in 2020.
