In Minsk - the second day of the Russophobic Maidan, which is not dispersed by Lukashenko
Another unauthorized Russophobic action took place today in Minsk with complete non-resistance from law enforcement agencies, and, therefore, with the permission of the Belarusian authorities.
The participants - about 600 mostly young people - protested against the integration of Russia and Belarus. They chanted: “No alliance with imperial Russia” and held anti-Russian posters, such as “Russia is crap.”
There were also more radical slogans. So, two young people held a banner with a quote in Latin from the Polish anti-Russian figure, whom the opposition calls a Belarusian hero, Vincent Kalinowski: “Only then will you live happily when the Muscovite is not over you.”
The protesters remembered Muscovites every time they encountered the police. For example, when some of the Protestants clashed with law enforcement officers who asked through a megaphone to stop the unauthorized rally, someone shouted: “Get away, Muscovite.”
A few hours later, the oppositionists who went wandering around the city decided to “recapture” the traffic cops from the violator, who was detained for allegedly honking horns in support of a nationalist march. “Damned Muscovite,” they shouted to the police.
Such an arrogant and disrespectful attitude towards the “authorities” was previously uncharacteristic of Belarusian Maidan activists. The fact is that riot police sometimes “packed” them even simply for appearing on the street with nationalist symbols, and they were afraid of angering the security forces.
But the methods that were used against anti-Lukashenko rallies for some reason became unacceptable in relation to Russophobic protests.
Even after openly aggressive actions against the police, riot police did not appear, and Maidan protesters calmly continued to walk around Minsk, shouting slogans.
They encountered special forces only at the Russian embassy, where they went to deliver their resolution, which called on Western countries to “show solidarity, recognize as legitimate any agreements between dictatorial regimes and impose additional sanctions against Russia.”
The leader of the Maidan activists, Pavel Sevyarynets, called on the flock not to provoke the riot police, “which protects us,” and entered into negotiations with the command. The top officials first tried to call one of the embassy employees, and then kindly promised to hand over the Russophobic note to the Russian diplomats.
Only ordinary residents of Minsk gave a worthy rebuke to the Maidan activists, calling them Banderaites.
Four hours later, the protesters returned to the starting point of their march and promised each other to gather again on December 20 - the day when, perhaps, integration agreements would finally be signed.
“We warned the aggressor country that Belarus was, is and will be independent. It will become a normal European country,” summed up oppositionist Vyacheslav Sivchyk.
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