Armed police visit Sannikov’s picket in Ivanava

Pickets to spread agitation materials in support of presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov were held in Ivanava and Drahichyn.

As the campaign “Human Rights Activists for Free Elections” reports, people were happy to take leaflets and have a discussion. According to Sannikov’s agent Zinaida Mikhnyuk, a participant of the picket, once in DIvanava she didn’t hand in a leaflet to an elderly woman, what made the latter upset. She said she wanted to have a leaflet because she was going to vote for that candidate.

Psychological pressure was applied. A car with armed police officers drove to the picketers. The law enforcement officers called a district police officer to check the documents of the picketers and study the agitation materials. The police confirmed everything was held in accordance with the law and went away.