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Together with Svetlana Tichanovskaya, Maria Kolesnikova became one of the leading figures in the Belarusian opposition after the elections. Just a few days ago, politics announced that it is now starting its own party.
And now he is suspected to have disappeared, Belarusian media report.
Witnesses tell the Tut.by site that she was abducted by unknown persons Monday morning. She must have seen a minibus when she disappeared. A witness says Maria Kolesnikova was kidnapped right next to the National Museum of Art in the Belarusian capital.
Witness: Pressed in minibus
One woman claims that she saw the entire course of events:
– I heard the sound of a phone falling to the ground. I turned around and saw people dressed in civilian clothes and masks pushing Maria (Kolesnikova) into this minibus, one of the people picks up the phone, gets on the minibus and then they leave, the woman tells tut.by.
Maria Kolesnikova’s phone was on during the morning, but it was off during the morning.
Hers has not managed to get hold of her either, says tut.by.
