“In connection with an unauthorized meeting of workers, the activities of individual workshops of the enterprise have been suspended. It is not yet possible to assess which ones, ”RIA Novosti quotes the words of an MTW representative.

He noted that it is not clear for how long the shops were stopped, the demands of the protesters are still unknown.

Mass protest actions began throughout Belarus on August 9 after the presidential elections in the country. The protests later turned into industrial strikes.

President of Belarus Lukashenko commented on calls for strikes in Belarus.