Vitebsk human rights activist Paul Levinau sent an appeal to the site of Alexander Lukashenko. He told Radio Liberty that the reason for this was the souvenir products, which are sold in Vitebsk. Photo fridge magnets rights activist sent along with his appeal.

"A souvenir traders, standing along the street Suvorov in Vitebsk, you can sometimes notice a very dubious products ideological content, not to mention the artistic merits. For example, this magnet. It images of national flags of Russia and Belarus, as well as the image of Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, who shake hands. Caption: "Russia. White and great. "As if the two States is a single country. Therefore, in the electronic handling and I am writing: "In Ukraine, in particular the city of Vitebsk, slowly but surely expansion extends from the Russian Federation. That we have some people pretending deaf, distribute Russian flags and traffic police allegedly notices of violations, even if it occurs on the roadway. SAI does not pay attention to the St. George ribbon, but the white-red-white symbolism makes clean up. Now here is done selling souvenirs antibelarusskogo content. I consider it essential that the management of Vitebsk region and cautioned against such things," - says Paul Levinau.

Trade souvenirs on the pedestrian part of the street in the center of Vitebsk Suvorov sanctioned by local authorities. The calculation is made of the fact that it will attract the attention of tourists. On the Border Vitebsk region is the biggest part of the tourists - it is from the Russian Federation.

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