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A small campaign is being carried out near the Plaza de la Independencia. According to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE / RL), girls in national costumes “picked pumpkins” in Belarusian songs, according to the Belarusian folk custom of how to greet an unwanted boyfriend.
And once again, amid total darkness and gloomy mood, women bring a spark of hope to #Minsk.
Women in national dresses have brought pumpkins to the governor’s house
By #Belorussia‘ian tradition that means the rejection of a suitor
They sing a popular song about “old man”
Via @Belsat_TV pic.twitter.com/4GDjqcDnC7– Denis Kazakiewicz (@ Den_2042) August 30, 2020
At that time, various military units were deployed in the wake of the hero of the city of Minsk.
According to a Dpa reporter, the Independence Square in the center of Minsk is fenced off and guarded by security forces.
Residents share a video of military equipment on social media.
#Belorussia. 21 day of the protest. The March for Peace and Independence is scheduled for today. But the authorities have already brought military vehicles, water cannons and barbed wire to the city center. Some streets are blocked and security forces are deployed to #Minsk Obelisk of the City Hero pic.twitter.com/0X9TwbWpw1
– Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) August 30, 2020
The Interior Ministry warned citizens not to participate in the unauthorized demonstration and threatened violence.
Democrats ignored the threats and said on Sunday, as Lukashenko celebrates his 66th birthday, he should see that the people are against him and that his term in power, where he has spent the last 26 years, is coming to an end.
The motto of the planned protest demonstration is “For peace and independence”.
The day before a Women’s Solidarity March took place in the Belarusian capital. According to media estimates, around 5 pm About 10,000 people participated in the campaign. people, arrests were reported.
In Belarus, mass protests against the results of the presidential elections on August 9 are going on for almost three more weeks. The current president, Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in office since 1994, was officially declared the winner of the elections.
According to figures approved by the CRC, Lukashenko received 80.1 percent, and his main rival, Sviatlana Cichanouskaya, received 10.12 percent. votes. The opposition and western countries claim that the results were falsified.
The opposition has already organized two large demonstrations this month and called another large-scale protest on Sunday.
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