Masked men abduct Belarusian protest leader
Minsk police deny detaining Maria Kolesnikova, the last of three women leaders in the country
07 September 2020 - 15:57
Moscow — Unidentified masked men seized prominent Belarusian protest leader Maria Kolesnikova in central Minsk on Monday morning and drove her off in a minivan, the Belarusian Tut.By media outlet cited a witness as saying.
Kolesnikova, a member of the opposition co-ordination council, is the last of three woman politicians left in Belarus who joined forces before an August 9 presidential election to try to challenge veteran incumbent Alexander Lukashenko...
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