On December 16 Belarusian expat community in Moscow joined the solidarity with victims of political repressions in Belarus. Traditionally white and red flowers were laid to Yanka Kupala monument. Yanka Kupala died in Moscow under mysterious circumstances. “Flowers to Yanka Kupala are flowers to all those who sacrificed themselves for the sake of the Belarusian nation’s freedom,” the participants said.

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On December 16 actions of solidarity with families of abducted Belarusian politicians and with political prisoners were held in 8 Polish cities: Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan, Sopot, Lodz, Pultusk, Lublin, Bialystok and Wroclaw.

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Russia`s newspaper Kommersant reported with reference to an unnamed source in the Kremlin that Aleksandr Lukashenko had failed to talk his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, into reconsidering next year`s gas price for Belarus on December 15.

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On December 16 in the Polish city of Pultusk Belarusian, Russian and Polish students held a performance dedicated to the Day of Belarusian Solidarity. Young people gathered in the center square in masks of Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Vladimir Putin. The Belarusian nation was shown as a girl with tied hands…

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A photo exhibition, tents, Belarusian music, performances, congratulations of the Belarusians with the New year, a new screening, and a concert of a band “Czyrvonym pa belym” – in this way Warsaw showed the solidarity with Belarus on December 16 all day long.

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On December 16 in the evening at the post office of Minsk central railway station an action of solidarity with political prisoner sin Belarus was held. Activists of the “Young Front” and members of other youth movements and organizations congratulated people who stay in prison for their political views.

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