Moscow, April 12 (Interfax) - Influential forces interested in destabilizing the situation in Belarus are responsible for an explosion that hit a key subway station in Minsk on April 11, Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov told Interfax on April 12.
"It seems to me that this terrorist attack was primarily aimed at destabilizing the situation in Belarus, undermining the country’s healthy climate and creating an atmosphere of fear," Zyuganov said.
He described those standing behind the blast as "deep-dyed villains."
"It was an absolutely outrageous, well-planned terrorist attack staged in a busy rush hour," the Communist leader said.
"In principle, there are very influential forces that are interested in destabilizing the situation in this country and, subsequently, in condoning such terror acts," he said.
Belarus remains among the few former Soviet republics that continue developing confidently today, he said.
"It [Belarus] has quite worthy standards of living, and all of the main enterprises continue operating. There is no organized crime, oligarchy and immorality that exists in many other regions and territories," Zyuganov said.
Belarus has been following its own path, on the one hand, taking care of its citizens, and, on the other hand, working to create a controlled market for the benefit of its people, he said.
"The fact that the Belarusians continue living their own life and have not yielded to foreign pressure is an eyesore to many people. It causes "heartburn" among aggressive forces because they cannot control everyone. Europe seeks to crush Belarus," Zyuganov said.
"Dirty and mean forces" needed this explosion in the Minsk subway system, he said.
Asked whether he saw any links between the April 11 incident and today’s debate on the situation in Belarus within the Political Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), Zyuganov denied the presence of any such links.
However, Europe is certainly annoyed by the Belarusian authorities’ independent decision making, he said.
