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“Miss Belarus 2008” Olga Khizhinkova and 19 other detained women were put into police vans and taken in an unknown direction. The siloviki also stopped the 2008 Olympics silver medalist in the decathlon Andrei Kravchenko and the multiple champion of Belarus in kickboxing and Thai boxing Ivan Ganin.
Miss Belarus 2008 Olga Khizhinkova was detained by security forces during the “March for Democracy” protest in Minsk, Radio Svaboda reported on November 8.
“Photography model and” Miss Belarus “2008 Olga Khizhinkova arrested in Minsk”, – he said in the message.
Belarusian newspaper wrote about his arrest on Telegram “Nasha Niva”.
Khizhinkova and 19 other women were put into rice wagons and taken in an unknown direction, the Russian agency TASS said.
The Belarusian human rights center Viasna, deprived of its accreditation, reported more than 400 detainees throughout Belarus. According to, Khizhinkova was detained near Cathedral.
According to the latest information, the security forces cordoned off the entire block in the area of Pobediteley Avenue, Melnikayte and Zaslavlskaya streets, as well as Masherov Avenue. In these places are most of the protesters, who have not managed to form a column for today’s procession.
Since August 9, in Belarus, the massive protests of those who do not agree with the results of the presidential elections have not stopped. According to official data, Alexander Lukashenko won them with 80.1% of the voters. Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya came in second with 10.1% of the vote. At the same time, alternative exit polls showed the opposite picture: Tikhanovskaya’s confident victory.
The Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the demonstrations using explosions, rubber bullets and water cannons. During the protests, hundreds of protesters were injured and wounded. According to official figures, four protesters died.
Lukashenka assumed the presidency on September 23. For the first time in the history of Belarus, the opening ceremony was not announced or broadcast on television. Several states, including the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Denmark, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, did not recognize Lukashenko’s inauguration.
On November 6, the European Union imposed personal sanctions against Lukashenka due to continued repression against civil society and the opposition. In total, the EU sanctions list includes more than 40 Belarusian officials involved in repressing protests and electoral fraud.
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