The anonymous authors.
In the Republic of Belarus it is already a good tradition to attract law-enforcement bodies and special services to remove political opponents to the present mode.
Grodno is not an exception. Those who visited this city 16.10.99 paid attention to huge quantity of the armed and unarmed people in the militia uniform. All departures from the city were tightly closed. All Special services worked in the battle order of duty. Many employees were called from houses (16.10.99 was a days off - Saturday). What happens? - the citizens and visitors of Grodno asked. It appeared that the operation to limit the movement of Valery Levonevsky who was going to distribute to balls and sweets to children during the MARCH of FREEDOM in Minsk in Grodno and region approached to the culmination moment.
The chronicle of the events:
9.10.99 the outside supervision was found (it is the supervision over a man by the pecial services with the use of means and special know-how of supervision). My home and official telephone behaved strangely enough.
16.10.99 approximately at 17.00 on departure from Grodno the car of A. Vasiliev in which Valery Levonevsky was as a passenger was determined. The car was full of souvenirs for children from Minsks. The protocol of detention was not made up, the reasons were not explained. When the question about the reasons of the detention was asked, one of the militiamen extracted "truncheon" with the words: Now we shall draw up resistance. On a radio the command to deliver the car with the passenger into the Leninsky DDIA of Grodno. The special accent was made on the passenger. The formal reason for the detention was to make up the administrative protocol for the distribution of the leaflets about the MARCH of FREEDOM. The protocol was drawn up one the article which foresees . warning or penalty in the size of 1 minimum wage. While the protocol was made up and the sincere talks were held (approximately for two hours) other very interesting documents were prepared in the October DDIA of Grodno. It appears another anonymous letter in which one asserts that Valery Levonevsky visited Minsk to decide trade-unions problems for the trade-unions fees was written on Levonevsky.
Well and what will a reader think? It is an internal business of the trade union. Article 23 of the law of the Republic of Belarus About trade unions prohibits the state to control trade-unions fees. But probably the current legislation is not on the October of DDIA of Grodno. This anonymous author was the reason for the for further detention of Valey Levonevsky and realisation of the investigation in the October DDIA of Grodno.
The most interesting thing is the following:
1) It is not the first anonymous letter. On the previous anonymous author the checks were realised, the breaches of the law were not found, the liar was not also found.
2) The anonymous letter was written 15.10.99 (the date is indicated in the anonymous letter) in the Regional DIA. 16.10.99 (on Saturday, at night) Valery Levonevsky was already interrogated in the October DDIA of Grodno, previously having been determined. It is an effectiveness. The petitions of the citizens (with signatures) are drawn up by militia so soon? Usually from the application to the beginning of the actions on it 5-10 days pass.
3) On the an envelope from the anonymous letter the sample of the mail-sender and receiver is absent.
I have a steady opinion that this the anonymous letter was born in the cabinets of the native Regional DIA of Grodno. Why? Technically it is impossible passing a post-office to transmit the anonymous letter into DIA of regional executive committee. The exit of DIA is guarded by a militiaman, you may enter only if you have an admission, the box for the appeals of the citizens is absent.
So. They write themselves and consider themselves!!!
About 23.00 I was allowed to go but as it appeared for a very short time. Having driven off for half of a kilometre we paid attention to the group of the cars with dark windows which followed us. We tried to lose touch with them. It was useless. We together with them have visited all streets of the city, forests and suburbs of Grodno for 20 minutes. Having seen a car of the militia we rushed to it to ask for help. The cars which followed us stopped in 150 metres from us. We asked to find out who that persons were. But the militia refused to determine their personalities (though in that point there were three cars of militia). 23.30 we were said that we are determined before the operative group came. The operative group came at 2 oclock at night (I shall remember that we were in Grodno). And the operative group was also from DIA of the Grodno region!? We were said that the anonymous call was made at 1 oclock at night (!!!) and they were said that there were drugs in that car.
Firstly we were determined (23. 30) in half and hour there was an anonymous call about drugs and we were visited by militiamen. The militiamen who determined us probably had known that in half and hour there an anonymous call about drugs would be.
The car was carefully was searched, all thing were written down into the special lists. We were allowed to go after 4.00 but again we were followed by the outside supervision. We were not lucky enough to stay alone but we had a bitter experience and went to sleep because we did not want to be determined again for the search of a mine, for example. In the morning everything repeated again. We went into forest and they - with us, we on the call of nature and they - with photo-cameras and video-cameras, we for them and they from us. The roads were surrounded.. as a result the balls to the children from minsk were not delivered.
As one movies star said: I feel hurt for the motherland.
Hundreds of professionals, tens of cars, budget money everything is done not to let one man left Grodno or to fabricate a business. Intelligent people have to be engaged in the political search and in dirty work against their will. The killers and rogues will wait. And people who have another opinion which differs from the opinion of one well-known impostor should be isolated.
It is a pity but the order in the militia is higher than the law. And who gives orders we know well. I do not take offence on that militiamen who have done their work. And they have done it at a professional level. They had at ask not to let me leave the city and they have done it. It is a first-rate work. But who needs it? How many criminals could be pointed if all these people and means were not directed to people who have progressive opinions.
Somebody will say that there are many professionals in the militia. Lets see. I am sure that the authors of the anonymous letters, written and phone (if there were such) will be found in the next time. I have written appropriate applications in the militia (these authors of the anonymous letters make a great harm not only for me but also for the poor state budget). The matter of honour of our militiamen is to find these mean people. Now I am invited by the summons on the next business. I have already got used to this. And what about you?
Valery Levonevsky
