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Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova has been arrested on the border with Ukraine, reports Belarusian state news agency Belta.
Belarusian protest leader Maria Kolesnikova, who disappeared on Monday, was arrested at the border with Ukraine, according to Belarusian media. Scanpix AP / NTB
Maria Kolesnikova tried to illegally leave the territory of the Republic of Belarus, but was arrested at the border, writes Belta on the Telegram messaging service.
The operation may have been organized by Belarusian intelligence, an opposition source told Russia’s Interfax news agency.
Early Tuesday morning, the Belarusian border police announced that Kolesnikova and two staff members had turned up at the Belarus-Ukraine border.
On Monday, there were reports that Kolesnikova had been loaded into a van and taken away by unidentified persons in Minsk.
Kolesnikova, 38, is part of the opposition coordinating council working to seize power from President Alexander Lukashenko, who on August 9 won controversial elections that secured him a sixth term.
Since the elections, Belarus has been hit by a series of large-scale demonstrations and hundreds of people have been arrested.
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