Domracheva responded to beating her brother by Belarusian security forces

Four-time Olympic biathlon champion Daria Domracheva on Facebook reacted to the beating of her brother Nikita at a protest in Minsk.

Domracheva drew attention to the problems in Belarus and the futility of solving them by aggressive methods. “It is absolutely useless to fire, arrest and bludgeon people on the streets … It does not matter if you happen to be in hot places or on purpose, yours, someone's close or not – all are the same,” she said.