Minsk riot police in Helsinki (Photo, video)

Finnish hockey fans saw what they can meet in Minsk.

No to Minsk 2014 campaign held a number of performances in Helsinki today to show ice hockey fans, who came to the 2012 IIHF World Championship, what they can see during the next world championship, which the International Ice Hockey Federation wants to held in Minsk in 2014.

At the performance, a group of young people clapping their hands in the role sports fans was attacked and detained by masked people (riot police). At the end of the show, two girls with posters “Welcome to Minsk 2014” explained to spectators the sense of the performance.

Passers-by sighed with relief after they heard it was only a performance and felt shock after they learned such scenes was a routine in Belarus.