“There were no arrests in Minsk, no extraordinary incidents were allowed. The headquarters is still working, the information in the whole country, we will summarize by Monday morning (August 24 -. The R T) », - quotes its Tass.

On August 23, opposition supporters took part in an unsanctioned protest on Independence Square in the center of Minsk.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko arrived at the Palace of Independence in Minsk, next to which the opposition gathered, by helicopter and with a machine gun in hand.