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Since the presidential elections in August there have been regular demonstrations in Belarus. Alexander Lukashenko won, receiving just over 80 percent of the vote.
On Sunday, up to 580 people were arrested, according to the Vesna human rights center. Writes the Russian news agency Tass. In front of the Tut newspaper, Nikita Domrachev reveals that he is one of them.
Domratsjev, whose sister is Darja Domratsjeva, a four-time Olympic winner and wife of Ole Einar Bjørndalen, has already been released. A video posted by the same website shows the actual arrest.
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– He threatened me
Nikita Domrachev tells the newspaper that he was cycling down a cycle path in Minsk on his way to visit his mother, when he saw uniformed police officers running towards him.
– I got scared and turned around, but around the corner of the building I ran into another group of officers. They got me off the bike and without explaining why they started beating me, says Domrachev.
He says he was worried about his bike, which he values very much. But Domracheva’s brother claims the officers put him in a minibus.
– They threatened me and stabbed me with a truncheon. I didn’t see anything after the blows to the face. At one point, I thought I had gone blind and asked if they could call an ambulance, says Domrachev.
He says they drove around town for an hour and gave him bandages to stop the bleeding.
Must be in court
At the police station, they must have told Domrachev to sign a protocol, he says.
– There they wrote that I had participated in an illegal demonstration. I felt so bad, I had a headache, so I didn’t discuss it and signed.
He tells Tut that he doesn’t know when he will have to appear in court after the incident.
Darja has previously commented on the demonstrations in Belarus on Instagram. In August, she wrote:
– I love my peaceful and dear Belarus! And it should be so! I ask everyone that this depends on, everyone who gives orders, the leaders of the OMON (special police / rebel police) departments, to stop the violence. Do not allow this unjust and terrible thing to continue in the streets. It can be resolved peacefully. Please listen.
Ole Einar Bjørndalen has not yet responded to Dagbladet’s inquiry.
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