Former presidential candidate Andriy Dmitriev was arrested

in

Belarus .

This was

reported

by Mediazone.Belarus with reference to colleague Dmitriev.

According to the publication, Dmitriev is being held in the Okrestin detention center in Minsk.

Other details about the detention and charges against the politician are unknown.

Dmitriev is the co-chairman of the "Speak the Truth" movement liquidated by the authorities.

We will remind, it was previously reported that on January 5, the Self-proclaimed President of Belarus, Oleksandr Lukashenko, signed amendments to the law on citizenship, which, in particular,

provide for his deprivation in case of participation in extremist activities

.

In addition, we previously informed that in Belarus security forces

detained a priest of one of the churches in Minsk for reading a prayer for the defenders of Ukraine

.

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