Events in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are examples of this - Lukashenko said that provocations will start in the Commonwealth of Independent States

Western strategists want to divide Eurasian space into spheres of influence and use the Commonwealth of Independent States as raw materials and industrial appendages, so the members of the Commonwealth should be prepared for provocation.  This opinion was expressed today 14 October, at the summit of leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Astana by Belarusian citizen Alexander Lukashenko.

"I think everyone here understands that the real goals of Western strategists are much broader - to divide the Eurasian space into spheres of influence and to use our countries as raw materials and industrial appendages. We must be prepared for various provocations throughout the perimeter of the Commonwealth of Independent States.  Recent events in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are convincing and instructive examples, but this is only the beginning.  Everyone will be tested for endurance", - says Lukashenko.

He continued and said that a hybrid war had begun against the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Unfortunately, what we have been talking about for many years has come true.  A real hybrid war has started against all of us and Ukraine is only a pretext here.  "Plans of some countries to avenge the lost campaigns of the last century, as you know, began from the first days after the victory in the Great Patriotic War (World War II), maybe even earlier," said Lukashenko.

According to him, today Russia and Belarus face economic and financial attacks.

It should be recalled that on 1 and 2 July of this year, in the city of Nukus of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, some citizens, having misinterpreted the constitutional reforms underway in the Republic of Uzbekistan, organized unexpected demonstrations.

The Council of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Karakalpakstan assessed the situation as an attempt to seize the state administration in Nukus.

After that, on 2 July, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Karakalpakstan and talked with the Karakalpak people.

Also, taking into account that the discussion of the changes and additions to the Constitution is still ongoing, and after considering the opinions and comments expressed by the people of Karakalpakstan, the President approved Articles 70, 71, 72, 74, 75 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan in their current version, said that it is necessary to leave unchanged.

On 4 July, the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan decided not to amend the articles of the Constitution relating to Karakalpakstan.

During the incidents 516 people were arrested, 243 injured and 18 killed.  The case was prosecuted under article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan (infringement of the constitutional order of the Republic of Uzbekistan), part 4 - «Conspiracy to seize power or overthrow the constitutional order of the Republic of Uzbekistan».