Monday, January 17, 2011

Belarusian television revealed the names of the provocateurs who broke the doors of the Government Building during the protests following the presidential election

Belarusian state television continues blaming the opposition for the unrest following the presidential election on January 19, 2010. The channel «ONT» officially revealed the names of the three hooligans who broke the doors of the Government Building giving the police an excuse to crack down on the protesters and to arrest the presidential candidates . These three men deny belonging to State Security Committee ("KGB") and confessed of being the members of the opposition.



The names of the hooligans are Oleg Gnedchik, Alexander Molchanov and Vladimir Khomichenko. According to the report, all of them were previously convicted for several times. 24-year Oleg Gnedchik said that he was an activist of the campaign «Tell The Truth» headed by Vladimir Neklyaev, one of the presidential candidates who was attacked and arrested on the day of the elections. Gnedchik also admitted that he was a member of the «Young Front», a popular oppositional youth organization in Belarus.


There is no evidence about the real Oleg Gnedchik on the web. But I found the profile
of some Oleg Gnedchik on a popular russian social media source Vkontakte.ru. Unfortunately, the access to this web page is restricted and no photo is uploaded. That's why, it's impossible to say for sure who's profile it is, but, according to the results that gives the search engine, this person is from Minsk.

As for Alexander Molchanov, you can easily find his web page on Vkontakte.ru. Judging by the photo, this is one and the same person as was shown on belarusian TV. Even the jersey is the same. I added Oleg Gnedchik and Alexander Molchanov as friends. I wonder if they add me : - )  

And at last, Vladimir Khomichenko, a man in a striped hat with a bag who broke a window of the Government Building and then started talking into his sleeve inconspicuosly. He used a walkie-talkie that was attached to his hand (this method is popular among the state security agents). As reported by «ONT», Vladimir Khomichenko is a criminal who lives in Slutsk. However, neither he nor belarusian state TV gives any explanation why he used a walkie-talkie during the riot and why he hid this device under the sleeve of his coat. 

The photos of Vladimir Khomichenko

I hope everyone can make their own judgements concerning this report. I just tell what I heard. To believe or not? I think it's better to wait for the comments of the representatives of the campaign «Tell The Truth» and «Young Front». Will they recognize Oleg Gnedchik as one of their activists?

If these persons really belong to opposition, why did they give the interviews to the state TV channel and why did they admit their guilts. That's strange. There is hardly any activist that will do this. By the way, there were a lot more people that stormed the Government Building, why did they show only three of them?

Well, if Gnedchik, Molchanov and Khomichenko are the state agent provocateurs how long they will be imprisoned and what penalty will they have? There are too many questions in this story and I think it's worth investigating further by belarusian opposition and independent mass media if they don't want to loose reputation. Let's wait for the answers...


My verdict: all of them (Oleg Gnedchik, Vladimir Khomichenko and Alexander Molchanov) are the poor people who were previously accused of committing some crime or, perhaps, were sentenced to prison for some reason long before the presidential elections. Somehow they became the puppets in the hands of the «regime» and had to act as provocateurs for a mitigation or some other benefits in prison. This is only my personal opinion.


Unfortunately, the video reports about Gnedchik, Molchanov and Khomichenko are not uploaded on youtube.com. You can watch it only on the website of the belarusian state TV channel. If you're interested, folow the links below:
The video report about Oleg Gnedchik
A bigger video report in which you can the information about Vladimir Khomichenko
A bigger report in which you can the information about Alexander Molchanov

No comments:

Post a Comment