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masked men in plain clothes confronted Kolesnikova in front of Minsk’s National Art Museum, bundled her into a dark minivan and drove away quickly.
Two other leaders involved in the opposition-led Coordination Council, Anton Ronenkov and Ivan Krastov, are also missing, according to German, who said their lawyers are looking for them. Belarus’ Ministry of Internal Affairs said it has no information on the whereabouts of these missing persons, Russian news agency Interfax reported.
The disappearance of the activists intensifies concerns over the safety of opposition leaders in Belarus.Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius accused the Belarusian government of trying to eliminate the country’s opposition “one by one,” drawing connections with the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs , the precursor of the KGB. “The kidnapping of [Maria Kolesnikova] in downtown Minsk is a disgrace,” Linkevičius wrote.
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