Football fans want to show that many of them are intelligent and educated people, “as opposed to propagandists.”
The campaign was launched by Belultras.by site after the propaganda that “flows on the fans on all sides.”
“We are launching a campaign that is only aimed to show ordinary citizens that fans are like ordinary people, like everyone else, and that among the fans there are a lot of intelligent and educated people, as opposed to the propagandists,” It said the statement on the site.
Football fans are invited to upload to a specially created photo album pictures of the books they have read or books they are reading now, marking them with a special hashtag #fansread.
In addition to the literature on football, there are books of Belarusian classics.
The latest incident involving fans was about a juvenile fan of FC “Vertical” (Kalinkavichy), who beat an opponent – fan of “SA-Zhytkavichy Stroi.” The conflict was recorded on video, which later appeared on social networks. The video shows the youth demanding that the opponent rejected the anti-fascist views. The guy from Kalinkavichy is also seen wearing a T-shirt with the image of Pahonya. The Interior Ministry, commenting on the incident on Twitter, emphasized the Belarusian national symbol.
“Who has a question:” What does the Pursuit have to do with it? ” said the MIA twitter.
