36th day of protests in Belarus. How it was

The protesters went to the elite village for senior officials. The security forces shot in the air and, it seems, used special equipment

In Belarus-the 36th day of protests against Alexander Lukashenko. In the cities of the country, mass Sunday shares are held. In Minsk, the police tried to disperse the protesters, but they still gathered in several large columns. According to media estimates, from 100 to 150 thousand people entered the streets of the city. The bulk of the protesters went to the elite village of Drozda, where one of the residences of Alexander Lukashenko is located and where high -ranking officials live. The path was blocked by a cordon. Some protesters in Minsk began to build barricades from improvised means. Promotions are held in other cities of Belarus.

September 13, 2020 18:00:41

What happened in 36-day protests in Belarus:

- In Minsk, at least 100 thousand people took to the streets. For the first time in a month of protests, the demonstrators headed for the elite village of Drozda, where one of the residences of Alexander Lukashenko is located and where the former and current high -ranking officials live.

- One of the columns moving towards the thrush went out to a cordon on Novovilenskaya Street. Interfax and Onliner reported that the security forces have made a warning shot into the air. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said they could not confirm this information.

- The first detentions began in Minsk even before the start of the action (it was scheduled for 14:00). The police dispersed the columns of the demonstrators who moved from different areas of the city. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 200 people were detained. However, this did not tear off the protest.

- The demonstrators took to the streets not only in Minsk, but also in other cities of Belarus. In Brest, where several thousand people gathered, the police applied the waterometer. In Novopolotsk, people resisted the security forces when they tried to start detention.

September 13, 2020 18:04:38 PM

Against the protesters who approached the thrush, they used light -school grenades, report Euroradio and “Our Niva” . There is no photo or video that would confirm these messages. If the information about the use of special equipment is true, then this happened for the first time since mid -August, when the rag of the riot police was strictly accelerated.

September 13, 2020 18:16:21

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus denies information about the use of light -school grenades.

September 13, 2020 18:22:11

The main column of protesters in Minsk reached the Arena City shopping center near the blackbirds-and stopped near the cordon. After standing there for about an hour, people began to go back, towards the stele "Minsk-Hero City."

September 13, 2020 18:23:49

RBC correspondent, citing eyewitnesses, said that light -school grenades exploded at the house of the head of the CEC of Belarus Lydia Ermoshina. In the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we recall, deny the use of special equipment.

September 13, 2020 18:31:36

During the protest in the city of Zhodino, a police officer hit a woman who shot him on the phone. The woman fell from the blow. The policeman went into a minibus parked nearby. People began to chant the "shame".

September 13, 2020 18:35:29

Nexta Live telegram channel published a video that states an employee of power structures shoots into the air. During the promotion in Minsk, Interfax and Onliner were written about a shot in the air. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus denies what it was.

September 13, 2020 18:39:19

In Minsk, the input and exit were closed the metro station "Sportivnaya", "Pushkinskaya", "Youth", "Frunzenskaya" and "Nemiga". All of them are near the winners Avenue, where protesters gathered today.

September 13, 2020 18:49:03

Another video in the air in Minsk was published by TUT.BY. A person in black clothes and a balaclava with a gun is visible on the video - and the sound of a shot is heard.

September 13, 2020 18:54:08

According to preliminary data from the Belarusian human rights center "Vesna", today more than 160 people were detained at protest in different cities of the country. Including at least two journalists.

This is what the detentions looked like in Minsk.

September 13, 2020 19:02:56

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus explained why the vodomet was used in Brest to accelerate the protesters:

“About a thousand people in the center of the intersection drove round dances, sang songs and shouted various slogans.

With their actions, participants in the unauthorized mass event blocked the movement of public transport, created a real threat of road safety to other participants.

In order to restore the normal life of citizens and to ensure the safety of the road, Vodomet was used. ”

September 13, 2020 19:08:46

Solidarity shares with protesting Belarusians today were held in Moscow , St. Petersburg and Kiev .

September 13, 2020 19:15:10

According to Radio Liberty, the thousands of protesters in Minsk reached the intersection of Pritetskiy Street and Pushkin Avenue. There is a national memorial to one of the dead in the first days of the protests of Alexander Taraykovsky. Some of the demonstrators remained near the memorial. The rest diverge. Car drivers will be alarm in support.

September 13, 2020 19:17:06

The meeting of security forces and protesters near the Arena City shopping center during today's campaign in Minsk.

September 13, 2020 19:22:07

All metro stations opened in Minsk again. Mobile Internet earned in the city center.

September 13, 2020 19:25:09

There were no protesters near the Independence Palace (the working residence of Alexander Lukashenko), and the cordon with barbed wire still stands, RIA Novosti reports.

September 13, 2020 19:36:10

Near the Pushkinskaya metro station, where there are still many protesters left, detention began, TUT.BY and “Our Niva” write. About 50 riot police officers were noticed there.

September 13, 2020 19:46:50

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus: more than 400 people were detained for protests in Minsk

September 13, 2020 19:56:10

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus confirmed the shooting in the air in Minsk:

“The police detained several active participants on the winners Avenue. At this time, other people of a protest event, at least 100 people, tried to recapture them. To suppress illegal actions, a warning shot was carried out into the air from the pump gun. ”

September 13, 2020 20:04:53

The use of the light-school grenades reported by the media, the Ministry of Internal Affairs still denies . But our Niva continues to insist that special equipment was used. Here's what the correspondent of the publication said :

“Several thousand demonstrators approached the house of the head of the CEC Lydia Ermoshina on Tikhoy Street, chanting“ Baba Lida, we are for tea! ” They left posters and symbolic gifts near the fence of her house.

When they departed from the house with Ermoshina, and several hundred people remained on the quiet, two beads drove up from the other end of the street and fired four shots on demonstrators. Those began to run away. "

The correspondent of our Niva does not know whether there were detained or wounded on quiet.

September 13, 2020 20:15:31

Anton Moloko, activist and blogger, published a video in his telegram channel, which states the moment of applying light-school grenades in the thrush.

September 13, 2020 20:40:09

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- Today, protesters first headed for the elite village of Drozda. The bulk of the demonstrators blocked the road. The participants in the action for some time stopped near the security forces, and then began to disperse.

- According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 400 people were detained in Minsk. The detention began before the start of the action and ended after its completion. In addition, at least one warning shot in the air sounded and, according to unofficial data, light -shiman grenades were used (they deny the use of special equipment in the Ministry of Internal Affairs)

- The protests passed in other cities. In Brest, the demonstrators were dispersed with the help of a watermeted, because they went to the roadway, drove round dances and, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, "created a real threat of road safety."

- Lukashenko did not comment on the protests and did not appear in public. Perhaps he has already flew to Sochi, where September 14 should meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This will be their first personal meeting after the start of protests in Belarus.