Tuesday, July 14, was held in Minsk unauthorized rally in support of ex-banker Victor Babariko and the first Director of the Belarusian high-tech Park Valery Tsepkalo. They were not registered as candidates on elections of the President of the country. According to DW, Independence Avenue in the capital were closed, gathered there people were carrying flags, posters with slogans. They were just walking down the street and clapped. A passing car honked in solidarity with the marchers. On Independence Avenue also gathered a lot of cyclists. At the same time, specifies the edition, the group of opposition activists started to gather in other parts of Minsk. Later in the city centre, paddy wagons arrived, the first detention. It is reported that the journalists of radio “Euroradio” detained right during the stream from the scene, detained the journalist of “Belsat” Artem love, the radio Svaboda’s journalist Ales Piletski. Police also detained another man after he asked police to help one of the marchers, who suddenly became ill. How to specify “Hartiya97”, protests were held in other Belarusian cities: Grodno, Brest, Baranovichi, even in the city settlement Ruzhany. Recall that for the nomination of President Babariko, considered one of the major potential rivals of the incumbent President of the country Alexander Lukashenko and held in the KGB jail on a criminal charge has been collected almost 370 thousand signatures. Of them are valid, was recognized by more than 165 thousand. On June 20 supporters of Babariko submitted to the CEC documents for registration of its candidate, and on July 13, the CEC informed them that the formal reason for the refusal of registration is not available. Earlier today it was reported that registration of Babariko was denied due to inconsistencies in the Declaration on income and property, as well as the participation of foreignth organization in his campaign. Valery Tsepkalo, Belarusian CEC refused to register. There referred to the insufficient number of signatures in his support. Thus, in the list of candidates in presidents of Belarus have left five people: Alexander Lukashenko, Anna Konopacky, Andrei Dmitriev, Sergei and Svetlana Zarechny Tikhanovski.
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