This is a blown-up petard that the police used against the protesters. Photo: @radiosvaboda
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Translation of the dialogue you can hear:
“Daddy, where are our people?”
“Ours are over there, with flags.”
“Daddy, where are our people?”
“Ours are over there, with flags.”
Vitaly Shklyarov, a political strategist who has been arrested and later participated in a meeting with Lukashenka at the KGB detention center, was released. According to his lawyer, his preventive measures have been changed so he has been set free.
The regime has also released Lilia Vlasova, a prominent mediator and a Coordination Council presidium member. She has also participated in that meeting with Lukashenko.
The regime has also released Lilia Vlasova, a prominent mediator and a Coordination Council presidium member. She has also participated in that meeting with Lukashenko.
Dmitry Balaba, head of the Minsk riot police, told the state-owned STV channel his take on the protests, from the events of August 9 to the protesters' motives, where he sees "a certain desperation."
For instance, Balaba is sure that on the election day, the protesters “enticed by the telegram channels” wanted to pull a lot of people to the voting stations and prolong the elections as long as possible. According to him, “there was an attempt to steal the ballot boxes, take them out to the Oktyabrskaya square (as the telegram channels called for) and count the ballots under the flashlights’ light.”
For instance, Balaba is sure that on the election day, the protesters “enticed by the telegram channels” wanted to pull a lot of people to the voting stations and prolong the elections as long as possible. According to him, “there was an attempt to steal the ballot boxes, take them out to the Oktyabrskaya square (as the telegram channels called for) and count the ballots under the flashlights’ light.”
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A timelapse from the retirees' march in Minsk
According to ain.ua (a foremost IT industry portal in Ukraine), Wargaming relocated about 300 employees out of 2000 from Minsk to Kyiv. It is unknown whether they will return, or remain in Ukraine indefinitely.
Ain.ua also mentioned that Wargaming plans to relocate about 500 employees and their families to Vilnius.
Ain.ua also mentioned that Wargaming plans to relocate about 500 employees and their families to Vilnius.
There are new rectors in three Belarusian universities:
Minsk State Linguistic University - Natalia Lapteva (former head of the German language department);
Minsk State University of Culture and Arts - Natalia Karchevskaya (former first deputy minister of culture);
Brest State Technical University - Alexander Bakhanovich (former deputy rector at Belarusian National Technical University).
These three educational establishments, like many other, had active student protests.
Minsk State Linguistic University - Natalia Lapteva (former head of the German language department);
Minsk State University of Culture and Arts - Natalia Karchevskaya (former first deputy minister of culture);
Brest State Technical University - Alexander Bakhanovich (former deputy rector at Belarusian National Technical University).
These three educational establishments, like many other, had active student protests.
The NEXTA Telegram channel and its logo have been listed as extremist materials by the Central District Court of Minsk. According to the judge's decision, the channel has “signs of extremist activity, namely organization and public calls for rioting.” The Ministry of Information must now “take steps to limit access to the resources containing similar content.”
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, “From now on, publishing or reposting information with the logo of NEXTA or NEXTA-live will carry administrative penalty for producing or distributing information that calls for extremist activities or that promotes such activities (Article 17.11 pt. 2 of the Criminal Code).”
NEXTA is the most popular Russian-language Telegram channel which has a staunch anti-regime stance.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, “From now on, publishing or reposting information with the logo of NEXTA or NEXTA-live will carry administrative penalty for producing or distributing information that calls for extremist activities or that promotes such activities (Article 17.11 pt. 2 of the Criminal Code).”
NEXTA is the most popular Russian-language Telegram channel which has a staunch anti-regime stance.