“Yesterday, on September 4, public and political mass events were held in the country.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has taken the necessary measures to maintain order and ensure public safety of their implementation, ”said Olga Chemodanova, an official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, on Telegram.

According to her, 16 mass events "in support of peace, security and tranquility" were held in all regions of the country, about 1.5 thousand people took part in them.

“The total number of participants in 22 protest actions in 13 settlements was about 1,000 people.

At the same time, unauthorized events were observed in several places in the capital, ”she added.

On September 4, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus announced the arrests at the Minsk State Linguistic University in the framework of cases of administrative offenses.

As the Minister of Defense of the Republic Viktor Khrenin stated, the destructive forces, with the support from outside, tried to change the power in the country in an unconstitutional way.