many will understand me many will judge many will start tate the european union is calling on bill russian authorities to begin a dialogue with the opposition in order to prevent any further violence the bill russian authorities are saying that they have irrefutable evidence that can and dale the fact that all of the underlying reasons for the pro disability actually came from abroad and they're ready to supply that information to any other country that requests it or and it's published by an irish knows there's little protest groups can do in the face of a police crackdown. has been backed into a corner his own people have risen up against him after 26 years in office and he can accept that he is whole regime is built on the myth is the father of the country that he's extremely popular and that's simply not the case the police have been extremely brutal and what's remarkable if you compare this to ukraine or some of the other kind of revolutions that we've had across the region the. protests have become very violent very quickly at the end of the day there's very little that the protester

russian conflict in neighboring countries too bill roots are now offering their help as as negotiators in order to settle the internal conflicts in. lithuania is one of those countries and their authorities are calling for a reelection. and the foreign ministry of the country is calling for sanctions against all those responsible for crimes against it for human rights violations now the lithuania's foreign ministry added that the e.u. foreign ministers are ready to meet and to discuss the measures that they will take against the bill roos said in a meeting that will take place on the 14th of august the us state secretary michael impel also issued a statement saying that the elections in belarus were not free and fair meanwhile alexander lukashenko has summoned his a security council and also a little bit earlier on wednesday had this to say about the protesters. who she would. go and everyone who's out of work today is supposed to be assessed and offered a job the underlying characteristic of all these supposed protest is that they have a criminal record in a job bliss have no job to t

some of those representatives of the russian media are saying that the bill or russian police use force against them beat them and they actually published in the video to support their claim let's take a look at that. there are still going to some rather going to look. out there's only a certain loser that. doesn't leave us. so protests in the bella ruse itself continued for a 3rd day in a roll and the police are using all kinds of crowd control equipment against the protesters and that includes tear gas or rubber bullets and stun grenades and it's all happening as we speak now minsk a city center is apparently cordoned off subway stations in a sense or at least 77 of them are close soul other people cannot reach the center of the bell or russian capital in the police are doing everything in order to disperse the crowds the biller russian health ministry says that hundreds of protesters have been injured and they're now being treated at the hospital old soul over the last 3 days we saw one death of a protester and said the belorussian investigative committee are now have now launched an

heard the saying about in the happening in israel as well meanwhile some of their russian journalist who were detained by bill the russian authorities say the beginning of the protests have been released and there are now most of them are now already on a russian territory now some of those who were detained by the russian police and later released say that they were beaten up by the authorities and the later published video which appears to be proving their claims let's take a look. here if it were. yesterday if the city. yes or no leave. now law enforced. since in belarus continue using crowd control equipment against protesters such as gas water cannons stun grenades and rubber bullets that something just a few things now some journalists have reported that men dressed in black and all similar clothes clothing came up to them and broke their cameras and took away their footage from their memory cards now minsk city center is currently on a log down people cannot reach its subway stations are closed as well and the police continue to detain that protesters in minsk and in other cities in belarus now health

satisfied with the support that the european union and germany including have given to to the bill russian people and to you for sure we feel great support from or all the countries and. this of many countries. contacted me and showed their support for our people are they inspired of our people and i am sure they. do their best to. ignite support to our people. what do you think the e.u. international community could do more to help people. you know it's up to every country and i had to say that we are. we appreciate any. have they can show by that it's up to them how they can tell those thank you very much thank you. that was the bill rusin opposition leader so scalia speaking with the w.'s constantine. well millions of people around the world have had the corona virus and recovered we also know that millions more probably have the virus and not even known it but does exposure to cover $1000.00 does it make us immune there's now mounting evidence that being infected with the coronavirus does not prevent a re infection in hong kong a 33 year old man contracted the virus in april and recove

situation that has happened after their actions at the same time the coronation council of the bill russian opposition as well as you you say that in the next coming hopefully free and fair elections anyone can take part so does that mean mr luker shanker to. it's only up to him we are 3 country so are i mean any person would be able to participate in this elections. do you expect the european union are you satisfied 1st or are you satisfied with the support that the european union and germany including have given to to the bill russian people and to you for sure we feel great support from or all the countries and they discovered many countries. contacted me and showed their support or our people are there in spite of our people and i am sure they. do their best to agonize support to our people. what do you think the e.u. international community could do more to help bail russian people. you know it's up to every country and i had to say that we are. we appreciate have they can show by the it's up to the contest thank you very much thank you. that was the bill of rights in opposition leader

satisfied with the support that the european union and germany including have given to to the bill russian people and to you for sure we feel great support from or all the countries and the of this of many countries. contacted me and showed their support for our people are there in spite of our people and i am sure they. do their best to. ignite support to our people. what do you think the e.u. the international community could do more to help bail russian people. you know it's up to ever country and i had to say that. we appreciate any help they can show by that it's up to them how they can do this thank you very much thank you. that was the bill rose in opposition leader. scalia speaking with you that we use constant. well millions of people are. in the world have had the corona virus and recovered we also know that millions more probably had the virus and not even known it but does exposure to cover $1000.00 does it make us immune there's now mounting evidence that being infected with the coronavirus does not prevent a reinfection in hong kong a 33 year old man contracted the virus in a

my husband and the same is i i'm wondering about all the bill russian people who are in the air struggling for their rights. that violence that our thirties showed the russian people i consider to be their greatest mistake and i cool for. authorities not to repeat this mistake because there are people the real narrow in there but forget and forgive they still are president bill russian people changed and they will know there are and accept old authorities and they will never. they will never accept an old president anymore and soon the only time he real have to separate and. it's better for everybody it's better for country if it had been in their shortest time. more antigovernment protests are expected in thailand after weeks of student led rallies calling for elections and a new constitution and despite a state of emergency in place to control the spread of coronavirus and a recent crackdown on government critics wayne hay explains calling for political change is coming at a cost for many protest leaders in thailand here in the northern city of lumpur $2.00 students were among the latest

for sure i do here for my husband the same as i i'm wondering about all the bill russian people who are struggling for their rights you're urging your supporters now to step up strike despite intimidation i mean you yourself led by the rules because you didn't feel safe as you've said president look at shankar right now shows no sign of backing down nearly 2 weeks after this election was held he's even vata quassia unrest in the coming days are you not concerned that they could be more violence and more bloodshed if the movement continues. you know. that violence that our authorities showed the russian people i consider to be their greatest mistake and i call for. authorities not to repeat this mistake because our people the real never never forget and will give this to our president but what about your movement what's your message to the people who are still taking to the streets even if in smaller numbers if the protests turned violent again will you order them to stop you know i can't order anything to the russian people it's honestly the wrong decision while the protests and strikes

hospitals and also we have reports that so one person zeid sick in the in the protests and that bill a russian investigative committee are currently in quite a turn to studying the circumstances of that event to determine what had actually happened now bill a russian president alexander lukashenko says that their response from the russian lawyer foresman was proportionate so let's have a listen to what he had said. along the edge of the cliff the city the room $25.00 police officers have been injured legs hands broken they would deliberately his it so they responded why are you crying the response will be adequate so we will not allow you to tear the country apart which is. what it was what you. saw. footage shot from below a roof showed that some protesters were indeed using lots of call sales against the police meanwhile the opposite presidential candidates from the opposition that learned to run off the had their reported is left the country to join her family in lithuania some rumors on the social media said that she had fled the country some other social media. posts said that she was for

better russian police they were shooting people and beating them out i came to support the russian people. bill a russian investigative committee have declared they have launched several inquiries into the illegal mass gatherings into. they said they detained already at least 80 people and that's according to official information of course and at the moment we've seen that footage footage and just like on sunday evening on monday police continue to use rubber bullets continue to use a tear gas to stun grenades and other crowd control equipment as well several people have been wounded as i understand. the police at the moments are checking people's papers people's documents very carefully to make sure that they do indeed work for illegally for the media. meanwhile. president of the roof said xander lucas shank oh says that the past election was one of the best suit dates he says that the entire event went like a feast and to any kind of interference into the russian election came from outside of the country meanwhile the opposition claims that the election was rigged and the numbers that were pr

for boylan's those responsible for groundless arrests and their rigging of the election now the bill russian president alexander lukashenko says that the authorities have irrefutable they have irrefutable evidence for. for the fact that these protests were all staged from abroad and minsk says that they're ready to share that information with other countries as well also in the news on choose about the bill russia protests while some of the russian journalists had actually been released now russian journalists were covering the protests in belarus and were arrested in the very beginning of the rallies and many of them have already crossed the border. and russia their safe. artists are among us are reporting live thank you. now for further analysis we're joined by ben arest editor publisher of be any an expert on russia and eastern europe now we're expecting to see further protests this evening do you think there will also be violence once again. almost certainly the police have been extremely brutal and what's remarkable if you compare this to ukraine or some of the other kind of revolutions

union russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov earlier warns against external interference in the bill russian internal political conflict. producer there should be a little secret just as we are deeply concerned about what's going on right now and the roofs concerned by the attempt to exploit the internal challenges facing béla groups to interfere in them from a brutal and it is. not just meddling it is aimed at imposing rules that outside actors consider beneficial everything we're hearing now from the european captions specifically from the both a countries poland and the european parliament has nothing to do with alexander lukashenko human rights or democracy but only with geopolitics. now moscow is calling on all parties to allow for a true dialogue between protesters and how thorough it sees according to the kremlin officials in belarus are indeed ready to work with the opposition however external interference and provocations are counterproductive now alexander lukashenko also talks about financing from the west and cold on his a foreign minister to deliver and message to the european u

the excelled bill russian opposition leaders felt lunna took on this has said she will go home when it's safe to do so she fled to lithuania after rejecting the results of the recent election which confirmed a long time leader alexander lukashenko in power she called for more strikes to try to force a new presidential election. in libya both the un supported government and the rival government called the house of representatives have announced a cease fire they both say they want to end in blockaded that has been crippling libya since the start of this year the announcements come amid fears of an escalation in the conflict. in the u.s. joe biden has accepted the democratic party's nomination for the presidency in his speech on the final night of the democratic national convention biden promised leadership that's radically different than that of the republican incumbent donald trump welcome to the 4th night the final night of the virtual democratic national convention rolled out a show of unity and support from the party's presidential candidates were former rivals for the nominations pra

and the european union have both expressed concern and support for science sanctions on the the bill or russian officials calling mass arrests off the demonstrators also a spokesman for german chancellor angela merkel she said at that point in post-election president of bill reese was on the except civil and the chancellor was shocked by what she had seen how these statements a game just to head off a special video called off easy euphoria of ministers on friday who can be in to discuss the measures that they will take on the situation in belarus. to discuss the latest developments let's bring in political analyst mohsin mccourty thank you for joining us on the program now martin is that you justified in moving to impose sanctions on bellaver use. it really has to impose some kind of sanctions because. underlying the president of the of the european commission said that president of the show should be more careful in the way he checks the votes and i give merkel a spokesman said she was very concerned about election results and as we just head she says that what's happening is unacceptable so t

and the european union have both expressed concern and support for science sanctions on the the bill or russian officials calling mass arrests off the demonstrators also a spokesman for german chancellor angela merkel she said at that point in post-election president bill reece was on except civil and the chancellor was shocked by what she had seen how these statements say came just to head off a special video called all feel euphoric ministers on friday who convened to discuss the measures that they will take on the situation in belarus a professor at the french national institute of languages and eastern civilizations a burner where ski season european sanctions on bellerose has mostly a symbolic move. or discussion with in european union because they are in a difficult situation because on one side. they would like of course some political turn to changes in belarus but in the same time they don't want to go sir there is the most western countries and especially i think germany wants to have the negotiation with me i thought a moment the sanctions they're talking about are mostly symbolic an

person analysis now we're joined by bill russian journalist proud enough charkha thanks for being with us we just learned that. the main opposition candidate in the better was a lections has left the country and is now in lithuania do we know why she's gone there. we don't know why but the definitely after yesterday's talk in the central electoral coming to she changed her mind because before she planted the support for testers from what i know and she plans to join the protesters about 3 hours stuck the secret talk with the secret service of brothers made her change for a moment what did they tell her i think i think they end up blackmailed her i don't know what they used for abs they threaten her with with her husband perhaps with her relatives perhaps they promise to not shoot people if she flees the country we don't know but definitely what we know they achieved what they wanted they divided protesters from their leaders and the resistance now becomes leaderless so the protest has lost its figurehead it would seem tell us more about those protests in belarus how serious are they. i

is ready for quote a peaceful transition of power in belarus an alliance the force used by bill russian police against opposition demonstrators was unacceptable. today we gave them 3 clear messages. firstly we stand by the people of belarus who won fundamental freedoms and democracy. secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and force a fixation of the results of the election. the people of belarus took peacefully to the streets. and the authorities answered with violence and this cannot be accepted. and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power and bellows. well in belarus itself there's no letup in public anger about the election many people are also angry about the violent crackdown faced by opposition protesters today more workers joined a general strike call to push him to step down and new elections to be held many public sector workers usually a mainstay of official support for the regime also risked disciplinary action to join the national walkout but it was not ready to talk about ending his 26 year rule yet at a mee

circumstances of what had actually happened we're waiting for a confirmation on the vats meanwhile bill russian president alexander lukashenko says that the response of the law enforcement to process the protest has been well proportioned at this have a listen to what he said. but on the one typical of the city people around $25.00 police officers have been injured legs broken they would deliberately here's it so they responded why are you crying and the response will be adequate so we will not allow you to tell the country. what you will some footage from belarus show that the protesters were indeed throwing molotov cocktails into a law enforcement meanwhile the presidential candidate from. the opposition says that. guy has left the country in order to join her family in lithuania and now some social media out there claimed that she had fled bellerose meanwhile authors are saying that she was forced out of the country by the bella russian authorities that monitored and also herself has refuted all allegations in this post let's have a listen. to pinochet. i too can very difficult decision i di

the european union have both expressed concern and support for science sanctions on that the bill of russian officials following mass arrests off the demonstrators also a spokesman for german chancellor angela merkel she said that the bottom post election president of bill aris was on the except civil and the chancellor was shocked by what she had seen now these statements a game just to head off a special video called off edu foreign ministers on friday who convene to discuss the measures that they will take on the situation in belarus. little one calls that are there with a summary of the fast moving events today in better a school for the commenting on the claims of violence against journalists the interior ministry to trying to win investigate every single allegation economists shed a little man chub to say that despite the latest protest remaining relatively calm people are still very angry. who is truth said peace for people are calling for the joy in their home but they engender a change because the last drop that broke the camel's back was the mass join the live cold as the state ent

and the european union have both expressed concern and support for science sanctions on the the bill or russian officials falling mass arrests off the. there's also a spokesman for german chancellor angela merkel she said at that point in post-election president bill aris was on except civil and the chancellor was shocked by what she had seen now these statements a game just to head off a special video called off e.u. foreign ministers on friday who convene to discuss the measures that they will take on the situation in belarus and so from an costs that are commenting further on claims of violence against journalists the interior ministry does say will investigate every single allegation economist manchu meanwhile says that despite the latest protest remaining relatively calm people are still very angry. it was truth said peace for people are calm but there's a lot of joy in the whole but their gender change b.l.s. drop that broke the camel's back was the mass joining the protos the state enterprise dozens of different big commercial entities joined the protest saying that we demand not perks f

in the european union have both expressed concern and support for science sanctions on the the bill or russian officials calling mass arrests off the demonstrators also a spokesman for german chancellor angela merkel she said that the blood and post-election freidman of bill aris was on the except civil and that the chancellor was shocked by what she had seen how these statements a game just to head off a special video called off edu for it ministers on friday who convene to discuss the measures that they will take on the situation in belarus political analyst muslimah corney believes the e.u. has based his decision on moral grounds. european union fears it has to do something it has to support those who have demonstrated because it is a democratic right. they say human rights are important role of negotiations are important they present a moral obligation to remove to to rule the country in a democratic fair and just way and he's not doing it at present he should just do that except that. received 80 percent of the vote i'm surprised he claims the money why not say 55 percent that person bit

let's see there are a lot of loved ones after almost a week long absence and that's because the bill russian authorities began releasing photos of protesters who were detained in that mass rallies that on sunday right after they were right after the presidential election in the roost now many of the detainees who are being released right now have been sharing their harrowing experience this take a look at charlotte was just the right police asked us to show all passports but i didn't have one then they asked for my phone and so but i had been feldman they said i should go to the van and one by a police officer grabbed me i tried to resist and he invited 5 others i said how are you going to look into your mother's eyes they shouted shut the fuck and hit me in the head while we were walking to the policeman so they called me a prostitute when we felt sick they said you can urinate on vomit we don't care. we should not show the feds use we spent 17 hours outside without water or food or anything on the cell we were given only bread and water there were 40 of us in there we slept on the floor th

bill russian people.you know it's up to ever country up to ever contract and i had to say that we are. we appreciate any help they can show by that it's up to them how they can do this thank you very much disputing german assertions that mr in the valley was poisoned insisting that his grave consistent with his grave condition could have been triggered by other causes and monday doctors treating politicians to call for a tougher stance against moscow asta. german foreign minister is as clear as a diplomat can be the alleged poisoning off aleksei now vonnie is a serious matter. the service is fraught with fast it is vital that everything will be done to solve the case and hold those responsible to account for the missions for russian shaft. but for germany the relationship with russia is not always black and white. russia is needed a lot of areas internationally for example the preservation of iranian nuclear and he also did for germany it's much more about a strategy of selective engagement than of red li

satisfied with the support that the european union and germany including have given to to the bill russian people and to you for sure we feel great support from or all the countries and the way this of many countries. contacted me and showed their support for our people who are there in spite of our people and i'm sure they. do their best to ignite support to our people do what do you think the e.u. international community could do more to help bail russian people. you know it's up to ever country and i had to say that we are. we appreciate have they can show by the it's up to them how they can do this thank you very much thank you. but it was an opposition leaders fed latihan know skya speaking with constantine exit. the russian government is disputing german assertions that x. in the valley was poisoned insisting that his grave condition could have been triggered by other causes on monday doctors treating mr novelli here in berlin said they'd found evidence that the russian opposition leader was poisoned the day kremlin spokesman dismissed the findings saying now i think absolutely canno

situation that has happened after their actions at the same time the corporation counsel of the bill russian opposition as well as you you say that in the next coming hopefully free and fair elections anyone can take part so does that mean mr look. it's only up to him we are the 3 country so i mean any person would be able to pay to support it in this elections. do you expect the european union are you satisfied 1st or are you satisfied with the support that the european union and germany including have given to to the below russian people and to you for sure we feel great support from or all the countries and the latest of many countries. contacted me and showed their support for our people are they inspired of our people and i am sure they. do their best to agonize support to our people do what do you think the e.u. international community could do more to help bail russian people. you know it's up to every country and i had to say that we are. we appreciate have they can show by the it's up to them how they can do this thank you very much thank you. for the reason opposition leaders for l

situation that has happened after their actions at the same time the correlation council of the bill russian opposition as well as you you say that in the next coming hopefully free and fair elections anyone can take part so does that mean mr luker shanker to. it's only up to him we are 3 country so i mean any person would be able to lead to supinate in this elections. do you expect the european union are you satisfied are you satisfied with the support that the european union and germany including have given to to the below russian people and to you for sure we feel great many countries. contacted me and showed their support for our people are there in spite of our people and i am sure they. do their best to again nice support to our people do what do you think the e.u. international community could do more to help bail russian people. you know it's up to every country and i had to say that we are. we appreciate have they can show by the it's up to them how they can tell this thank you very much thank you. but it was an opposition leaders fed not a one off sky a speaking with constantine ex

has confirmed it's drawing up sanctions against a bill of russian officials who are suspended suspected of election fraud and violence against protesters some european lawmakers have challenged mr look at shadows of legitimacy as president while claiming there is a threat of russian interference. except the story. well we've heard statements on monday from the number of the e.u. institutions on the unfolding situation in belarus the european parliament issued a statement in which they called for calm and for peace on the streets of minsk in other major cities but within that statement there was also a warning for russia we call on the russian federation to refrain from any interference covert or overt in belarus following the election and call on the e.u. institutions and member states to vigilantly counter any russian actions in this regard the parliament wasn't the only european institution to be charming in on monday we also heard from the high representative for foreign affairs your state bar l. pretty much the e.u.'s foreign minister he said that the protests that we've seen over t

reports the authorities are bringing in more heavy equipment to the center of the bill russian capital suit now almost soul in an effort to prevent people from arriving in the center of the capital of the subway station so close to the location are all closed off at least 7 of them are closed at the moment now with no immediate threat resolution in sight for the conflict and bill routes neighboring countries such as lithuania have already proposed to take on a roll off a middleman if you will in all it's a result of the internal conflicts in bill rusinow. the lithuanian for in the ministry they said that. they are calling on e.u. ministers to meet and discuss what's been happening in diller in belarus and that could happen as soon as the 14th of. august now u.s. state secretary mike compel also issued a statement saying that the election in blue suit was a nazi free meanwhile alexander lukashenko the standing president in their rooms has announced a gathering of the country's security council which should take place very soon also in an earnest statement. talks about the protesters and

bill russians were protesting not only in their own country but seen in other nations as well i call the shots of germany poland israel and ukraine in the course of the most part the protests took place in bellerose in minsk and other cities the protesters clashed with the police who used tear gas or rubber bullets now to take a look at what's been happening on sunday night in minsk. i. the police say they have the situation under control and the standing president alexander lukashenko good is running for his 6 consecutive terms incentive for says that everyone should respect the law e.g. to do months 3 weeks to go and demonstrate system we have 6 sites in minsk $6.00 to $10.00 of them there were demonstrations only 2 shots out the window and demonstrators applauded if you do anywhere in violation the law to do everything is regulations he wouldn't if you interfere with other people to do that we will hold you accountable he added that he guarantee that no one will. remain free or it's a current allocation goes between yourself our state expected however the russian opposition friend

bill are and the main reason for that is there to. preserve many social qualities from this show your tax drain russian subsidies helped him a lot in doing that but still we could hardly call bill the russians decide if you broke for us it was part of the russians or the russian people are frustrated by their low income and by the absence of opportunities to improve this week or. every real income over the last decade has been stagnating in. our which contributed to a lot you know a lot of the current discontent so you don't have extreme politics but you have a wasp are getting very little ok so people aren't as well off as many feel they should be let's just briefly also talk about the country's currency because we hear that those protests are driving investors out of the country who actually are these investors who is investing in belarus. the right of ash to surprisingly because miller which has quite well you can't you do labor force if disciplined it's relatively cheap so people are investing from there from abroad most of them are russians cheney's there are also westerners. more robo before the elections bill refused to have irrep

about the journalists who have been detained now bill the russian interior ministry are saying that so those journalists have a credit station that will work in there illegally if they were detained there were released right away meanwhile a couple of people from iraq the video agency told their fate is still unknown they're still unaccounted for initially it was all 4 people from the agency but one of them. got in contact with artsy and it was a woman actually and she said that she wasn't saying she was in prison she was in this cell for 6 people that contained a lot more than 20 people sold the the surroundings the circumstances were no the best if you will so this has been happening over the last still 4 days and that we've compiled a little bit of the footage of what's been happening in belarus let's take a look. it doesn't really matter. if not. by the time you get caught. now we've also seen reports so from the roofs off a couple of traffic police officers who were run over by civilian cars and colleagues of the traffic police officer they said they have to use a live wire in ord

in against villa rusa meanwhile bill a russian law enforcement continued detaining people all over the country and i have just a few examples. here just recently they did st man who was on route to the capital and on him he had. improvised explosive device he had fireworks he had knives we also had reports from elsewhere in bellew's where an army lethal rammed a civilian car and was still don't know whether it was an accident or whether it was intentional but the result is a mother and a daughter are now in hospital and and little girl is now awaiting an operation we've also seen reports. about the journalists who have been detained now bill the russian interior ministry are saying that those journalists have a created station that will work in there illegally if they were detained they were released right away meanwhile a couple of people from iraq to the video agency pulled their fate is still unknown and they're still unaccounted for initially it was all 4 people from the agency but one of them. got in contact with the sea and it was a woman actually and she said that she was insane

situation that has happened after their actions at the same time the corporation counsel of the bill russian opposition as well as you you say that in the next coming hopefully free and fair elections anyone can take part so does that mean mr . it's only up to him we are free country so i mean any person would be able to read to support this elections. do you expect the european union are you satisfied 1st or are you satisfied with the support that the european union and germany including have given to to the below russian people and to you for surely feel great support from or all the countries and the latest of many countries. contacted me and showed their support for our people are they inspired of our people and i am sure they. do their best to. agonize support to our people do what do you think the e.u. international community could do more to help bail russian people. you know it's up to every country and i had to say that we are. we appreciate and have that count shall buy that it's up to them how they can to us thank you very much thank you and that was the opposition leader from bil

now scores of protesters have been did saying the exact number is unknown and the bill russian authorities are saying that they will announce those figures on a monday morning a local media reports that one person had actually been killed and dozens have been wounded at the moment of the police managed to disperse the crowds from the center of men scanned reportedly from all the below russian cities as well however the protests are expected to continue on monday. all right rym on kosova there is staying across situation for us we know if anything develops we'll be on top of it for us thanks our political analyst mark macaulay and of the director of the crisis research institute mark allman gave us their thoughts on the protests in belarus and how they might unfold. opposition now seems to be building up because they because of the covering of the pandemic of the code 19 because of the . increasingly poor economic situation. and oppression from russia that russia would lead to much closer this illusion with with most. willing to give the illusion has been for the last 26 years between east

opponents of the bill russian leader are keeping up the pressure almost 2 weeks on from the disputed election. are now being held calling on president alexander look and saying go to quit crowds march 3rd earlier on saturday carrying the red and white flag that's become a symbol of the anti-government movement over past few days they formed a human chain stretching to the outskirts of the capital as you can see many of the activists were carrying flowers and there was no noticeable security presence. meanwhile those in favor of the president are also making their voices heard a large pro-government rally took place a few hours ago like sankoh was there and gave a speech he told supporters that the ongoing turmoil is being stirred up by the west party's correspondent there for us and even managed to speak to the president . what you see behind me is a few 1000 people who showed up at a pro-government rally and indeed this meeting is very special compared to others that we have that we have covered in the past couple of days not because it's exceptionally large because it isn't but bec

a bill or russian law enforcement are continuing to detain people in various parts of the country just so recently this wednesday they have announced that they arrested a young man who was on routes in minsk and apparently he was detained with improvised explosive devices fireworks and knifes as well now we also see in reports from elsewhere in the rooms where an army vehicle rammed civilian car it's unclear whether that was intentional or that was an accident but the result of that crash is a mother and a young daughter are now in the hospital and a little girl is awaiting an operation now interior ministry in. are saying that all the journalists that we've been talking about who were detained now most of them have been released and the interior minister he says those people who are working with proper accreted stations should not be unless they get in between law enforcement and protesters however despite all that for all erupt lead video agencies fingers who have been detained while their fate is still unknown because they're still unaccounted for and. so a lot of been happening ove