Tsikhanouskaya expects Lukashenko to resign in spring; 7 fan clubs have already joined the boycott of football matches; 25 people were detained during a picnic held on their private property
28 February 2021 | Voice of Belarus
Source: TUT.BY
Tsikhanouskaya believes Lukashenko will leave in spring
Alexander Lukashenko will be forced to resign from his position in the coming months. This opinion was expressed by the leader of the Belarusian opposition Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in an interview with the German weekly newspaper Bild am Sonntag. According to Tsikhanouskaya, the growing pressure on Lukashenko’s regime from the EU and USA will inevitably lead to his resignation.
The “decisive battle” with the regime in Belarus will take place this spring, believes Pavel Latushka, a member of the Coordination Council Presidium and head of the National Anti-Crisis Management. He calls on the West to seek complete economic isolation of Belarus. “The sanctions should be purposeful and tangible for the regime,” Latushka emphasized.
Source: Deutsche Welle
7 fan clubs have already joined the boycott of football matches
On 26 February, the fan clubs of Dynamo Brest and Neman Grodno announced a boycott of the clubs’ home and away matches.
To date, 5 fan clubs have already joined the boycott: fans of FC BATE, Shakhtyor Soligorsk, Slutsk, Vitebsk, Molodechno.
“Our conscience does not allow us to stay away from what is happening in the country. In solidarity with those who have become victims of this repression machine, with other football clubs, and with every proud Belarusian who respects themselves, we refuse to ‘dance to the tune’ of the existing regime,” BATE fans explain their decision.
Musicians and spectators were released after 15 days of detention
After 15 days of detention, members of the band Razbitaye sertsa patsana (“A guy’s broken heart”), as well as musicians of the OK-band and singer Lear (Valeryia Suravitskaya), left the detention center in Zhodzina.They were detained on 13 February during a concert near Smaliavichy. According to the press service of the Interior Ministry, 68 people were detained at this unauthorized mass event “disguised as a music party”.
Dzianis Tarasenka, the musician of the band Razbitaye sertsa patsana, said that the conditions in the detention centre were not extreme and that it was possible to live in. The worst thing, in his opinion, is the information vacuum. Letters rarely arrived. He also received greetings that were sent to them via the state radio station that was broadcast in the detention center.
A group of 25 people was detained during a picnic near Maladzechna. Interior Ministry: “They were going to burn a scarecrow in the colors of the state flag”
On 27 February, a group of 25 people was detained near Maladzechna. The detainees’ relatives reported that the group was going to a picnic. According to the Department of Internal Affairs, “they were going to burn a scarecrow in the colors of the state flag” (note: burning a scarecrow is a tradition during Maslenitsa, which is a festival celebrating the imminent end of winter the last week before the onset of Great Lent).
For more information on the events of 25 February 2021, please visit Infocenter Free Belarus 2020:
