LIVE: Unsanctioned protest in support of Maria Kolesnikova takes place in Minsk

An unauthorised rally in support of member of the Belarusian opposition’s Coordination Council Maria Kolesnikova takes place in Minsk on Tuesday, September 8. Kolesnikova was detained at the Belarus-Ukraine border on Tuesday morning. According to the Belarusian State Border Committee she and two other members of the council, Ivan Kravtsov and Anton Rodnenkov, “implemented necessary procedures at the Aleksandrovka checkpoint at the border with Ukraine, after that they departed in the direction of Ukraine.“