Protests in Minsk, more than 600 protesters arrested. Oppositor Kolesnikova "withdrawn"
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08 September 2020Belarusian opponent Maria Kolesnikova was arrested this morning at the border with Ukraine. The official press broke the news, in particular the Belarus-1 TV station on its Telegram channel, specifying that two other members of the Coordination Council for the transfer of powers, Anton Rodnenkov and Ivan Kravtsov, "fled last night" , while Maria Kolesnikova tried to get out of Belarus illegally and was stopped at the border. "
The opponent - the last of the three women who had led the front against Aleksander Lukashenko who remained in Belarus - according to many witnesses was instead taken away yesterday morning in Minsk by a commando of hooded men, who had put her on a minibus.The Minsk police had denied having arrested her.