A woman has been detained in Minsk after she posted two pictures on Tinder showing her at a protest rally against dictator Alexander Lukashenko.
The unnamed woman, 29, a manager at a logistics company, was seen wrapped in the white-red-white flag of free Belarus.
The protest was in 2020 yet it triggered a complaint which led to her being held by the feared Belarus KGB security services.
The woman - appearing deeply uncomfortable - was seen in a video apologising for using the pictures on her Tinder dating app profile.
The footage was evidently made under pressure from her jailers, a familiar Belarus tactic.
She was asked: “What have you been detained for?”
She replied: “Article 342, participation in unofficial mass events. What did you do?”
“I participated in protests in 2020. What did you do it for?”
"It was interesting…”
“And now? Do you regret [what you did]?
"Of course, it was meaningless and not relevant.
“Of course, I should not have done that.
“What can you tell people who go [to protests]?”
“Well, that you shouldn’t protest because this is not the method to achieve, to express your opinion.”
The security services claimed that after her detentions, two female friends of the woman - also present at the anti-Lukashenko protests - sought to escape Belarus.
One fled to Turkey, but the other was detained at the border with Poland, seeing to reach the EU.
Today, Ukraine revealed the ghastly reality of life inside a Russian "torture dungeon" after it was discovered in liberated Kherson.
The gruesome discovery was made during a patrol of the city by the SBU secret service and national police officers, who were believed to have been tipped off by locals.
In brutal conditions, the invaders interrogated “local patriots” who “refused to cooperate with the enemy”, said the Ukrainian government.
The authorities said: “Kherson residents were interrogated and brutally tortured. During the inspection, torture law enforcement officers found objects that directly indicate signs of torture.”
Among the sinister finds were gas masks and bottles of liquid which are now being analysed.
Wall markings from inmates were used to count the days they were held for.
They claim to have found 11 illegal prisons and four torture chambers in Kherson after it was liberated. More than 700 people have been reported missing.
Interior minister Denys Monastyrsky said the investigation into crimes there had only just begun, "so many more dungeons and burial places will be uncovered".
