Picket near Russia's Embassy in Minsk: “Putin, hands off Ukraine”

• 11.03.2014, 13:23

Two persons have been detained near the Russian embassy in Minsk.

Activists from Homel Zmitser Karashkou and Stanislau Bula were detained on March 11 near the embassy of Russia in Minsk for holding a picket against Russia's actions in Crimea.

As BelaPAN news agency learnt from Kanstantsin Zhukouski, an activist of the Homel-based coalition “Our Alternative”, they were standing in front of the embassy building holding posters “Putin is enemy of Ukraine and Russia” and “Putin, hands off Ukraine. No war”.

Zmitser Karashkou said to a correspondent on the phone he had been taken to the Tsentralny district police department. He later stopped answering his phone.