Police officers, internal troops and riot police are gathering in the center of Minsk, another unauthorized rally of opposition supporters is expected there, RIA Novosti reports.
As the agency writes, traffic police cars began to block traffic on the streets adjacent to Independence Avenue.
Earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that law enforcement officers have changed their tactics in relation to the protesters.
He also stated that the protests in the republic are controlled from outside the United States through the “center near Warsaw” through “Telegram-channels known”. On October 20, a court in Belarus declared the Telegram channel NEXTA-Live and the NEXTA logo extremist.
On October 13, ex-presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya announced that she was making an ultimatum to the Belarusian authorities. She demanded Lukashenka's resignation and “the release of all political prisoners.” Otherwise, “the whole country will peacefully take to the streets with a popular ultimatum,” she threatened.
