On May 29, blogger, author of the channel "Country for Life" Sergey Tikhanovsky was detained during an election picket in Hrodna. He came to collect signatures for his wife, presidential contender Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. This happened after an unknown woman, whom witnesses called a provocateur, attacked the blogger and tried to grab him by his clothes. She demanded that Tikhanovsky answer why his wife was not in Grodno. Tikhanovsky tried to get away from the woman - the police appeared. Together with Tikhanovsky, several other people were detained. A criminal case was opened for "violence against police officers". Radio Liberty analyzed the events of this evening in detail.
The video shows very clearly the staged fall of the policeman, as well as the fact that Sergei has no relation to the alleged charges.