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More than 100 people gathered near the Embassy of Belarus in Moscow, they came with placards and red-and-white flags to Express dissatisfaction with last Sunday’s presidential elections, the correspondent of RIA Novosti.

The protesters, most of whom people under 30 years old, lined up in front of the Embassy with placards, lit lanterns on smartphones from time to time, they applaud and shout "long live, Belarus", include the songs of Viktor Tsoi. Passing cars suspended and honking, welcoming protesters.

At the Embassy are on duty police cars, enhanced security. Along the walls of the Embassy, there are about 10 law enforcement officers.

In Sunday have passed elections of the President of Belarus. According to the CEC, Lukashenko is gaining 80,08%, in second place Svetlana Tikhanovski from 10.09%. In the headquarters of Svetlana Tikhanovski stated that it did not recognize the results of the CEC, noting that data from sites in all districts of the Republic show that she scored 70-80%.

On Sunday evening in several cities of Belarus started the mass unauthorized protest. Protesters in Central Minsk erecting barricades out of garbage cans. The militia used against them tear gas, water cannons and stun grenades, and drove the protesters from the city centre. As a result of the actions of the opposition were arrested about 3 thousand people, injured nearly 100 people killed according to the interior Ministry of Belarus.

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Jennifer Alvarez is an investigative journalist and is a correspondent for European Union. She is based in Zurich in Switzerland and her field of work include covering human rights violations which take place in the various countries in and outside Europe. She also reports about the political situation in European Union. She has worked with some reputed companies in Europe and is currently contributing to USA News as a freelance journalist. As someone who has a Masters’ degree in Human Rights she also delivers lectures on Intercultural Management to students of Human Rights. She is also an authority on the Arab world politics and their diversity.