I would have gotten away with it…

I’m absolutely shocked! What devious foreign meddling!

Russia fears foreign Belarus plot

Foreign pro-democracy activists are secretly plotting revolution in Belarus, Russia’s spy chief has said. Nikolai Patrushev, head of the FSB security service, said foreign NGOs had been working covertly to help unseat President Alexander Lukashenko.

I wonder what tipped them off? Perhaps it was this or this. Nevertheless, it seems the pressure is slowly being ratcheted up. We’ll be watching Belarus very carefully here at ComingAnarchy. Economic growth there has been high the last few years despite government interference (around 6% per year) though the current GDP is just around 6,000 USD per capita. Unemployment is around 2% but underemployment is rather high. As all of Belarus’ neighbors except the Ukraine and Russia are in the EU, and the Ukraine is on a fast track into NATO and eventually the EU, the pressure is up and the isolation increases daily. Whether a color revolution unseats Lukashenko now or later, his days are numbered.

I can just seehim now: “I would have have gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling kids”