Politics

City police administration was also present at the rally.

Dana Rohrabacher visited the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences on August 3.

President Lukashenka on wages in Belarus, 'Russian world' and Ukraine, transparent elections, the fate of Statkevich and Lukashenka in opposition.

The meeting held on August 3 took about 12 hours and ended late at night.

The meeting of the Belarusian president with journalists will start at 11:00 a.m. at the Independence Palace in Minsk.

Among them are not only former but current officials, university rectors, judges.

They proposed to raise the level of diplomatic representation and to return US Ambassador to Minsk and Belarusian ambassador to Washington.

The subgroups on security, economic, political and humanitarian issues will gather before the meeting.

Opposition activist Anatol Lyabedzka gathered 15 thousand signatures within one week. His team says they were hoping for 22-23 thousands.