Traditional memorial procession to Kurapaty to take place in Minsk today

A procession dated for the day of remembrance of ancestors – Dzyady – is planned in Minsk. The meeting will start near the watch plant and finish with a mourning meeting in Kurapaty. The authorities have allowed the action. Participants will gather near the plant at 10.30 p.m. They will walk along Independence Avenue at 11 a.m. and move towards Kalinouski, Syadyh, Hamarnika and Mirashnichenka Streets. The meeting will start in Kurapaty at 2 p.m.
However, cars were forbidden to drive into the area near the watch plant as of 9 a.m. A combat-engineer and pyrotechnic car was patrolling the venue, reports Radio Liberty. The car left at 9.30.