4 people detained at “Stop-Petrol“ action
Euroradio
22 July 2011, 14:16
Another "Stop-Petrol" action took place yesterday. To disrupt the protest, driving inspectors closed up almost the whole Independence Avenue for more than an hour.
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The director of "For Auto", Artsyom Sharkou, has claimed that driving inspectors contributed a lot to the action too.
He has noted that driving inspectors organized the best "Stop-Petrol" imaginable. Sharkou says that it was like a show that could be seen only at state festivals. The activist thinks that drivers can get organized again and express a protest against the increasing oil prices but you need a good reason for it – like a sudden spike.
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22 July 2011, 14:16
They were delivered to Central District Department of the Interior and reports about petty hooliganism were drawn up against them there.
They are Dzmitry Hrynkevich, Yauhen Saichuk, Ihar Byalou and Yuliya Labatsevich, informs the website of "Vyasna". Dzmitry Hrynkevich has informed that he was stopped, his driving license was confiscated and he was ordered to drive to Victory Square. Plainclothes strangers took away his car key and drove him to Yanka Kupala Park. All the detained were delivered to Central District Department of the Interior from the park.
Video by NN.BY
Another "Stop-Petrol" action took place yesterday. To disrupt the protest, driving inspectors closed up almost the whole Independence Avenue for more than an hour.
The director of "For Auto", Artsyom Sharkou, has claimed that driving inspectors contributed a lot to the action too.
Video by NN.BY
He has noted that driving inspectors organized the best "Stop-Petrol" imaginable. Sharkou says that it was like a show that could be seen only at state festivals. The activist thinks that drivers can get organized again and express a protest against the increasing oil prices but you need a good reason for it – like a sudden spike.
