~One man was sent to prison for 10 days for possessing fascist symbols. Seven others were jailed for five days for using obscene language.~
Quite a contrast with a headline isn’t it? BBC isn’t even consistent in its lies.
We don’t expect the charges to read “being critical of Putin’.
“”One man was sent to prison for 10 days for possessing fascist symbols. Seven others were jailed for five days for using obscene language.
They had joined in anti-Putin chants and songs at the Euro 2016 qualifier between Ukraine and Belarus.
A number of Belarusian fans were also convicted and fined.
Both local and visiting fans at the Euro 2016 qualifier between Ukraine and Belarus in Borisov came together in a rousing rendition of a well-known song - which has became a popular expression of opposition to Putin in Ukraine, the Belarusian paper Nasha Niva reports.
Belarusian fans are also heard voicing their solidarity with their Ukrainian counterparts by chanting the signature slogan of the Maidan protests in Kiev - Slava Ukrayini (”Glory to Ukraine”).””
I'm not sure if BBC actually wrote the headline. The headline is found at BBC under Blog News from Elsewhere.
As I said, I'm not sure of the specifics of the arrests, if they were really related to the chanting or not, but I do find the anti Putin chanting in Belarus interesting.