According to information received BELPOL, closely linked to Lukashenko's regime, the Minsk-based company Sinesis (SYNESIS) is currently implementing a project to introduce its information products in Venezuela.
"Synesis." is the developer of the infamous tracking and identification system KIPODThe use of which by the dictator's punitive structures plays a key role in political repression in Belarus. A significant (if not the primary) part of the so-called "evidence base" regarding the participants of the Belarusan protests was obtained precisely thanks to the system KIPOD.
Moreover, the detention of dissenters to the regime identified through the monitoring system KIPOD continue to the present day.
Because of the company's assistance "Synesis." in the conduct of political repressions, in relation to this legal entity RB, its foreign branches and its head Alexander Shatrov in 2020 - 2022 sanctions have been imposed from the European Union, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Albania, Iceland, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia and Liechtenstein. The imposition of these sanctions has made it impossible to do business "Synesis." in the territory of democratic States (and the plans and practicalities were very serious.). Attempts by the owners "Synesis." challenge sanctions in the courts have been unsuccessful.
All this time. "Synesis." and its subsidiaries continued to "assist" the Minsk regime in suppressing civil society and democratic opposition, and even discriminated against the Belarusian language - the company introduced a ban for employees speak Belarusian.
Also "Synesis." has developed serious activity in russia, where one of its main clients is the so-called "ministry of internal affairs" of the Putin regime.
As it has come to be known BELPOL, cSinesis has been offering its "services" to the Venezuelan dictatorship for several years.
Thus, in December 2021 During the meeting of the joint Belarus-Venezuela governmental commission held in the capital of Venezuela - Caracas, a "roadmap on cooperation" was signed between the subsidiary structure of the Belarusian-Venezuelan governmental commission "Synesis." - 24x7 Panoptes Ltd. and the so-called "Ministry of People's Power for the Interior, Justice and Peace of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela". At that time 24x7 Panoptes Ltd. was the technical operator Republican system for monitoring public security in the Republic of Belarus (RSMOB), which functioned on the basis of the platform software KIPOD. In 2022, Lukashenko transferred the functions of technical operator by his decree RSMOB public Beltelecom RUE.
According to the roadmap, the parties agreed on a "pilot project" to utilize the tracking system's capabilities KIPOD law enforcement by the punitive structures of the Nicolás Maduro regime. However, it was not possible to translate the agreements into practical terms.
The "breakthrough" occurred in November 2023When the so-called "Director General of Command, Control and Telecommunications Centers of the Ministry of People's Power for Interior, Justice and Peace of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" Adm. Juan Carlos Oti Paituvi.
This regime official with the assistance of Lukashenko's "Ministry of Internal Affairs" was shown real opportunities RSMOB on the basis of the work of the operational and situational headquarters of the Department of Internal Affairs of Minsk City Executive Committee. The system of total surveillance impressed the "high guest" and the parties started the practical stage of its implementation in Venezuela.
The name of the above Venezuelan ministry, especially the terms "people power, justice" and "peace" can be misleading. We therefore clarify that its main components are: The Bolivarian National Police (PNB) and the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN), whose main functions are intelligence, counterintelligence and political investigation.
According to international human rights organizations, these structures are a key element in the flywheel of political repression systematically carried out by the regime of Nicolás Maduro. Their result is hundreds of murdered citizens, tens of thousands of maimed and repressed for political reasons, and millions of refugees. The effectiveness of the Venezuelan dictatorship's rule is most clearly demonstrated by the fact that about 90% of the country's population complains of malnutrition. This is despite the fact that Venezuela leads the world in reserves of a number of critical minerals.
What exactly did Synesis offer to the "authorities" of Venezuela?
According to information available in BELPOLIn this Latin American country, with the help of the mentioned "Belarusian partner" and under his brand name KIPOD a centralized tracking and identification system - "Operator-level cloud platform for smart city and public safety monitoring using artificial intelligence technologies" - is being created.
This system is quite progressive and has the following features:
- Facial recognition system
- License plate recognition
- Detecting a person with a firearm/cold weapon
- Detecting abandoned objects
- Smoke detection
- Detecting groups of people in urban environments
- Perimeter security monitoring and detection of objects on the territory
- Audio analysis of audio information
- Control over the movement of vehicles and compliance with traffic regulations
Undoubtedly, this functionality will be partially used in law enforcement (because Venezuela is considered "the most dangerous country in the world" by the murder rate and crime index.), but this is only the "visible part of the iceberg".
To a large extent, the system KIPOD and other software products "Synesis." are being implemented in Venezuela in order to increasing regime stability Maduro and increased repression against his opponents.
Synesis has also offered to use the messenger it has developed Frisbee to organize communications for employees of government agencies and a number of corporations in Venezuela.
According to the statement "Synesis." - "Frisbee - is not just a flexible messaging tool, but a scalable, multi-user collaboration environment that enables encrypted video and voice calls and supports a variety of third-party integrations. Frisbee - is an enterprise messaging application, a secure platform for user collaboration, it replaces Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber, Skype and other workplace messengers."
Except that this beautiful advertisement left out the main thing - Sinesis and the Venezuelan authorities will control this "secure platform", so there can be no question of any confidentiality of transmitted information from the Venezuelan regime.. Local intelligence agencies will have access to the messages of subscribers of interest.
But that's not all the plans, either "Synesis.". This private company is actively trying to introduce its electronic software in Venezuela to conduct "public online lotteries that will work for the country's economy."
From 2020, such a project under the brand Belbet operates in Belarus, the official organizer of these electronic lotteries is Belarusian Lotteries RUEIt is clear that when these plans are realized in Venezuela, the main beneficiary will be the regime of Nicolas Maduro, not the "ordinary" citizens of this long-suffering country. It is clear that in the implementation of these plans in Venezuela, the main beneficiary will be the regime of Nicolas Maduro, and not the "ordinary" citizens of this long-suffering country.
To summarize. When you watch reports from Venezuela so reminiscent of the Belarusian reality: about the dispersal of demonstrators who disagreed with another rigged election, brutal repression of peaceful opposition, total corruption and mismanagement, which forced millions of citizens to flee from poverty from a potentially rich country, remember that the company also contributed to it. "Synesis."affiliated with Lukashenko's dictatorial regime.
Zhyve Belarus!