Militia forbade Milinkevich to drink water near orthodox chapel

Leader of the “For Freedom” movement Alyaksandr Milinkevich on 14 May visited Smalyavichy and Lahoisk, where he met with citizens of the towns. During his visit to Lahoisk the politician got a notice for an attempt to drink water from a well near an orthodox chapel.

Militia warned Alyaksandr Milinkevich his actions were unauthorised event.

Alyaksandr Milinkevich’s driver was suspended his driving license for wrong parking, the press service of the politician informs. The leader of the movement had to get to the place of meeting with Lahoisk dweller hitchhiking. “I think such actions of militia were connected with the fact that a large number of recreation center for high-ranked officials are situated here, so the militia is afraid of such meetings,” Alyaksei Kavalets, member of the “For Freedom” movement, explained the incidents in Lahoisk.

Alyaksandr Milinkevich went Smalyavichy on the same day, where he visited a new policlinic and met with a couch of the local grass hockey club “Viktoria.” Militia in Smalyavichy didn’t hinder the oppositional politician to have meetings, the press service of the politician informs.