%0 Journal Article %T Post-election protests in Belarus as a tool of political technology. Working hypothes %A ƚwierczek, Marek %J Internal Security Review %V 2022 %R 10.4467/20801335PBW.22.047.16938 %N Issue 27 (14) %P 13-42 %K Belarus, post-election protests, anti-Lukashenka opposition, KGB, FSB, GU, GRU, Russian Federation, geopolitics, political technologies. %@ 2080-1335 %D 2022 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-bezpieczenstwa-wewnetrznego/article/protesty-powyborcze-na-bialorusi-jako-narzedzie-technologii-politycznych-hipoteza-robocza %X The author analyzes the course of the elections in Belarus in 2020 and the socio-political protests caused by election fraud. On the basis of the anomalies noted in the activities of the security service of the Republic of Belarus the author puts forward a hypothesis about the possible involvement of the Russian secret services in provoking the post-election crisis in order to reduce the margin of political maneuver for the Lukashenka regime.