Belarus protests: Opposition leader 'tore up passport' to avoid expulsion
OMG. This story!
This is what dictators do to stay in power forever.
Putin, Lukashenko & don't anyone even doubt that Trump has been guarenteed the same.
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No One Knows Where She Is At This Point
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-54068451
Belarus protests: Opposition leader 'tore up passport' to avoid expulsion
A detained Belarus opposition leader prevented officials from forcibly expelling her to Ukraine by tearing up her passport and throwing it out of a car window at the border, colleagues who travelled with her have said.
On Monday Maria Kolesnikova was forced into a van by masked men in Minsk.
She is one of three women who joined forces to challenge President Alexander Lukashenko in August's election.
Mass protests erupted after the disputed vote.
"She was pushed into the back seat (of the car), she yelled that she wasn't going anywhere," Ms Kolesnikova's colleague Anton Rodnenkov told a news conference in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Tuesday.
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The three were taken to the border with Ukraine by men in plain clothes early on Tuesday morning, Mr Rodnenkov said.
But when the car reached a checkpoint between the two countries, Ms Kolesnikova prevented her deportation by ripping up her passport and throwing away the pieces, he said.
"It was clear that she was being taken by force, she was resisting," Mr Rodnenkov said.
"She climbed, climbed from the car and she walked proudly to Belarusian territory," Mr Kravtsov said, adding: "She's really a hero. You must understand that. She's very dedicated to what she's doing now."
Last month Ms Kolesnikova told BBC Russian in an interview: "To understand exactly what's going on, you really have to be here."
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