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Law enforcement agencies are using special means to disperse people protesting against Alexander Lukashenko’s inauguration in the center of Minsk, an Interfax correspondent reported.

Security forces have started driving protesters away from the Museum of the Great Patriotic War and detaining some of them. They have also used water cannons to disperse the protesters.

No information on possible injuries has been immediately available.