Belarus, opponent Maria Kolesnikova arrested on the border with Ukraine. Minsk: “She wanted to escape, maybe shoved out of a car”

Had been removed from Minsk by a command of hooded men, who had put her in a minibus. The police, however, had denied having it arrested. But this morning Maria Kolesnikova, symbol of opposition along with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya that since August 11 has taken refuge in Lithuania, ended up handcuffed at the border withUkraine, while “trying to leave the country illegally.” “Okay,” said the spokesman for the Belarus Border Committee. Anton Bychkovsky but he didn’t say where the woman is.

According to the station Belarus-1 Tv the other two members of the Coordination Council created by the opposition to ensure the transfer of powers, Anton Rodnenkov me Ivan Kravtsov, “They escaped last night and passed the border crossing at 4 in the morning.” Several observers suspect that it was a Belarusian intelligence operation. According to a source cited by the Interfax agency, Kolesnikova did not cross the border Ukraine because during “the attempt to deportation in fact ”abroad by Minsk against his own be broke his passport. But the reconstruction of the facts is not yet clear. Yesterday all trace of the three dissidents had been lost. There Russia however, it does not recognize “that there are political prisoners in Belarus“.

Reconstruction of the Belarusian authorities – Giving a version of the facts is Anton Bychkovsky , convinced that Kolesnikova did not cross the border into Ukraine perhaps because she was “expelled” from the BMW in which he traveled with Kravtsov me Rodnenkov, which instead came to Ukraine. As he crossed the border, he said again BychkovskyEven though the cars and travelers had already passed the Belarusian border guards, the car suddenly accelerated and Kolesnikova she was allegedly “found outside the vehicle”, perhaps after being “pushed” by the car that reached the border with Ukraine.

“The three, Kolesnikova, Rodnenkov e KravtsovAccording to established procedures, they passed the border control today after 4 in the morning, ”he said. Bychkovsky to the online newspaper Tut. By. “There – explained the Belarusian official – we have some particularity by crossing the border of State: between the points of control, ours and the next one, are 13 kilometers, and from our checkpoint to the Ukrainian state border there are six kilometers, including a town called Aleksandrovka. In this sense, additional guard patrols have been deployed in our territory between the crossing point where the control is carried out and the border line ”.

According to Bychkovsky, “after the process, the means of transport, one BMW with on board Rodnenkov, Kolesnikova e Kravtsov He was heading towards the state border from the crossing point, “but” after seeing a soldier from the border service organs, the car suddenly sped up, creating a danger to the soldier’s life. “According to the spokesman for the Border Committee of Belarus, “the means of transport left Belarusian territory”, but without Kolesnikova, which, according to him, “was found outside the means of transport, apparently pushed out of the car.” Bychkovsky he specified that “Kolesnikova was arrested, Rodnenkov and Kravtsov found themselves on Ukrainian territory “and” an investigation is under way. “