The Opposition in Belarus: the White bracelets are your characters

To the heroes of the Belarusian presidential election campaign since Thursday evening, two young men, Vladislav Sokolovskij and Kirill Galanow. As an employee o

The Opposition in Belarus: the White bracelets are your characters

To the heroes of the Belarusian presidential election campaign since Thursday evening, two young men, Vladislav Sokolovskij and Kirill Galanow. As an employee of the state children and youth Palace in the capital, Minsk, were you at the "day of the open doors of the institutions of additional education" as Tonregisseure on the mixer.

Friedrich Schmidt

Political correspondent for Russia and the CIS in Moscow.

F. A. Z.

Otherwise, these events are boring, however, came of this, thousands of supporters of the opposition candidate, Svetlana Tichanowskaja and chanted "Belarus", "change of living", "Sveta" (short for Svetlana) or "Go", the Latter to the address of the permanent ruler Alexandr Lukashenka.

The most important opponent for the since Tuesday and till Sunday the current elections had originally want another election occurs in the middle friendship of peoples Park stop. There Tichanowskaja and your comrades-in-arms had gathered inside Veronika Zepkalo, and Marija Kolesnikowa, representing two prevented candidates a week before more than 60,000 people in Belarus, a record number of visitors. However, in the short term, a Feast of beraumten the power in the Park-troops, and in honor of the "day of the railway".

Tichanowskaja not wanted to waive the appearance, but then her campaign Manager of law enforcement was summoned and warned that any unauthorized gatherings. So the women decided on the appearance, and announced to go to the "day of Open doors".

Tichanowskaja must be prepared for anything

the men taken to the mixer, the Initiative, broke the appearance of an accordionist and played the hymn "change" of the late Soviet Band Kino, a forever young a plea for changes. To do this, you stretched your hands high, with white wristbands, to Wear called Tichanowskaja. The crowd celebrated.

A functionary accused Sokolovskij and Galanow to blow up the "event" and called the police. In the evening, the two were brought to a guard; an eye-witness told the news portal Tut.by the two looked beat up"".

The prevention of new mass event with Tichanowskaja continued the line of the regime, to prevent further triumph traits of the candidate. On Sunday evening Tichanowskaja had to make an appearance because of the threat of "provocation" to cancel.

Date Of Update: 09 August 2020, 04:19