I'm Belarusian and follow these matters closely. I'm pretty sure they know there's exactly 0% chance of either of these demands being met. I bet the hack happen

I'm Belarusian and follow these matters closely. I'm pretty sure they know there's exactly 0% chance of either of these demands being met. I bet the hack happened because they had the opportunity (stumbled upon a vulnerability, or much more likely, an insider). And the rest is a somewhat clumsy PR effort to tie it to the current agenda.