“It just became known that the labor agreement with the General Director of the Kupala Theater Pavel Latushka was terminated under Article 259 of the Labor Code of Belarus!” - said in the message of the theater on Facebook.

The statement notes that the team supports its director, and also signs letters of resignation.

According to the collective, after expressing their position on the results of the elections and raising the white-red-white flag over the theater building, pressure began on them.

Earlier it was reported that People's Artist of the USSR, violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov refused the Order of Francis Skaryna, awarded to him by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in 2014.