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The state news agency BelTA reports that the opposition tried to illegally leave the territory of Belarus. According to the agency, M. Kalesnikava has been arrested and A. Rodnenkov and I. Kravcov are currently in Ukraine.
A video was posted on the BelTA channel of the Telegram social network, in which Kravtsov declares that he has decided to leave Belarus. It is unclear under what circumstances the video was actually made.
Lawyer Maxim Znak, who is also a member of the Coordination Council, said that Kalesnikava did not intend to leave Belarus.
The woman also spoke about it in interviews. Delphi.
“No, I’m not going anywhere. I know exactly that the government really wants me to go, but I’m not going anywhere,” Kalesnikava said.
Delphi He recalls that witnesses said on Monday that unknown persons had detained Kalesnikava in the center of Minsk and had taken him away in a minibus marked “Communications”.
The Opposition Coordination Council reported that Kalesnikava had been “abducted by unknown persons in the center of Minsk”. Ivan Kravcov, executive secretary of the Coordination Council, and Anton Radniankov, press secretary, also disappeared.
The relatives of Mr. Kalesnikava appealed to the militia for the disappearance of the woman.
“The relatives of Maryja Kalesnikava complained to the militia about her disappearance. The police said that the statement had been accepted, that they were looking for Mary,” said opposition politician, former banker and presidential candidate Viktor Babaryka on the Telegram platform.
Belarusian officials have already detained several members of the Coordination Council and questioned other members, including Mr. Kalesnikava, in the course of an investigation into an alleged attempt to seize power.
Kalesnikava, 38, the only one of the three women who led the Sviatlan Cichanouskaya campaign, is still in Belarus, where a growing opposition movement is holding mass demonstrations after the disputed August 9 elections, despite of Lukashenko’s intimidating displays of force.
S. Cichanouskaja went to neighboring Lithuania and his other campaign partner, Veranika Capkala, is currently in Ukraine.
Germany and Britain on Monday demanded answers about the whereabouts of Kalesnikava, who according to her supporters was abducted in central Minsk along with a representative of the Coordinating Council and the executive secretary.
The Coordination Council was created by the opposition to seek a peaceful transfer of power to Lukashenko’s main rival in the elections, without Sviatlan Cichanouskaya acknowledging the 26-year-old leader’s statement that he had won the August 9 presidential elections with a 80 percent. votes.
The Interior Ministry said 633 people were arrested Sunday for illegal mass demonstrations. It is one of the largest waves of arrests during the mass demonstrations that began after the elections.
“The EU hopes that the Belarusian authorities … will immediately release all people detained for political reasons before and after the rigged presidential elections on August 9,” said the bloc’s foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell.
“The EU will impose sanctions on those responsible for the violence, repression and falsification of the electoral results,” he added.
Expressing concern for Mr. Kalesnikava, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called for “clarity on the whereabouts and release of all Belarusian political prisoners.”
British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab added: “He is very concerned for the well-being of Mary Kalesnikava in Belarus. For the Lukashenko regime, his safe return must become a top priority. The regime must stop brutalizing protesters, release political prisoners and enter into dialogue with the opposition. “
Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne called for “the release of the detainees, including members of the opposition and journalists.”
“The recent arbitrary arrests and the repression of key opposition voices are unacceptable,” he stressed.
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