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Belarusian opponents Ivan Kravtsov and Anton Rodnenkov spoke about the operation to expel them to Ukraine. According to them, opponent Maria Kolesnikova initially refused to leave Belarus.
Belarusian security forces on the way to the border with Ukraine spoketo the positions of Ivan Kravtsov and Anton Rodnenkov, that the opposition Maria Kolesnikova panic attacks, you need to calm down, but this turned out to be false, Rodnenkov said at a press conference in Ukrinform.
“We tried to create the impression that Maria was doubting something. But her subsequent actions showed that she had no doubts about not leaving Belarus,” he said.
Rodnenkov said he was detained in the afternoon at Kolesnikova’s house, at first taken to one apartment and then transported to another. Security officials did not specify his status; Rodnenkov spent part of the time with a black bag on his head.
“At 10:30 p.m. they took me in a dark minibus, then they transferred me to a black BMW, there were burly young men with masks without identification marks on both sides. We drove, after 20 minutes of travel the black bag was allowed to be taken from me”, said the opponent.
The convoy, which was carrying Kravtsov and Rodnenkov, had up to six cars.
“We drove to the border checkpoint, we drove it without stopping at full speed, and we came out onto neutral territory. Ivan’s BMW. There we found out that they were directing Maria Kolesnikova, it was quite noisy, they were directing her by force, she resisted, ”said the opponent.
According to him, Kolesnikova was pushed into the back seat. The car doors were previously closed, I couldn’t open them from the inside.
“They pushed her and closed her. She screamed that she was not going anywhere. As soon as she saw her passport on the front seat, she tore it into many small pieces. She squeezed them and threw them out the window at unknown young men surrounding the car. Afterwards from that, she opened the window, went out through it and walked to the Belarusian border, “Rodnenkov said.
On September 8, the Belarusian border service said that Rodnenkov, Kravtsov and also Kolesnikova passed the border control at the Belarus-Ukraine border in the morning. Initially, the representative of the Belarusian State Border Committee, Anton Bychkovsky, said that the three had crossed the border. He then said that Kolesnikov was “kicked” out of the car at the border, while Rodnenkov and Kravtsov managed to escape to Ukraine.
The State Border Service of Ukraine reported that Rodnenkov and Kravtsov are now in Ukraine, and Kolesnikova did not arrive at the Ukrainian checkpoint. Gerashchenko said the three were forcibly expelled to discredit the Belarusian opposition. Kolesnikova, according to him, could not be expelled, as “this brave woman took steps to prevent her movement across the border.” According to media reports, the opposition woman tore up her passport.
On the morning of September 7, in Minsk, unknown persons arrested and took Kolesnikova away. In addition, the coordinating council press secretary Anton Rodnenkov and council executive secretary Ivan Kravtsov stopped contacting.
On September 8, the Belarusian State Border Committee reported that Kolesnikova, Rodnenkov and Kravtsov passed border control on the border between Belarus and Ukraine… Department representative Anton Bychkovsky states that Kolesnikov was “pushed” out of the car at the border, while Rodnenkov and Kravtsov managed to escape. to Ukraine. The woman was arrested.
The State Border Service of Ukraine confirmed the arrival of two Belarusian opponents, Kolesnikova did not arrive at the Ukrainian checkpoint.
According to media reports, the opposition woman tore her passport while trying to get her out of the country.
The member of the Presidium of the Opposition Coordination Council, Maxim Znak, stressed that Kolesnikova expressed a clear position: under no circumstances will you leave the country, just by force. “At least the day before yesterday, she was absolutely sure of that,” he said.
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