Senator: Western pressure is escalating situation around Belarus, adding to tensions in region Sergei Rachkov. An archive photo MINSK, 10 June (BelTA) - Western pressure is escalating the situation around Belarus, adding to the rising tensions in the Eastern European region, Sergei Rachkov, Chairman of the International Affairs and National Security Commission of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, said in an interview with the SB. Belarus Segodnya newspaper, BelTA has learned. According to the senator, what is happening around Belarus is an attempt by the collective West to exert pressure, to tear the country away from Russia. "Of course, this is a geopolitical strategy. Before that, there was a failed scenario of color revolution. We saw the attempts to disrupt the operation of enterprises, to organize strikes, and draw women and young people in protests. But the consolidation of our society around the head of state has put a stop to these processes, the main purpose of which was to try to change the behavior of Belarus, which has long been an irritant for the West that wants us to play by its rules, with which we conceptually disagree. By the way, such pressure is escalating the situation around Belarus, adding to the rising tensions in the Eastern European region. In general, thanks to the enormous efforts of Belarus in recent decades, this region has become more peaceful and secure. But now Western countries will probably have to spend money and efforts on it themselves," Sergei Rachkov suggests.