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Mr. Kazulin was arrested, along with three campaign aides, after trying to register on Thursday morning as a delegate for Mr. Lukashenko’s congress. The police barred him from entering the building, leading to a brawl that left Mr. Kazulin’s face bruised, his lip broken and his shirt bloodied, Ms. Shidlovskaya said.
Several others were also beaten, including a Russian journalist for the local edition of Komsomolskaya Pravda and a television cameraman for Reuters, while the police seized and destroyed cameras and film of the initial arrests. The police detained at least 20 people, including Mr. Kazulin’s lawyer and journalists, outside the police station where he was eventually taken.

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Note that New York Times incorrectly spells an adjective Belarusian. They consistently write Belarussian, which is wrong and quite unpleasant to many Belarusians.

“The newspaper will be closed, proceedings have been instituted. And if there are reasons, everyone who was involved in it will go to prison, because it is a provocation against the state,” said Lukashenka in his address to the All-Belarusian people’s assembly.

Lukashenka thinks that his electoral rival, Alaksandar Kazulin, was involved. Kazulin’s aide, Alaksej Karol, is Zhoda’s publisher. “The day after tomorrow, he will have to go to Europe, to report, and so he published those caricatures in his battle leaflet,” stated Lukashenka.

Acc. to Belaruspartisan

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