On Monday morning, activists held a picket on a bridge over the city ring road.
It was a picket in support of pro-European opposition politician and reputed political scientist Ales Lahvinets who is standing as a candidate for local Soviets of deputies.
Hardly had the event started when the Minsk police arrived.
The election to local Soviets will be held on February, 18.
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On 19 September 1991, the white-red-white flag and emblem Pahonya (Pursuit) were officially recognized state symbols of the Republic of Belarus. Such resolution was passed by the Supreme Soviet of the 12th convocation after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But after the 1995 referendum, they were replaced by those reminiscent of Soviet symbolism. The white-red-white flag has been often associated with the opposition to the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
