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Lithuania. A living chain of solidarity with the Belarusian protesters

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About 50,000 people stood in the 32-kilometer-long “living chain” – from Vilnius Cathedral Square to the town of Miedniki on the border with Belarus – expressing solidarity with Belarusians fighting for democratic changes in their country.

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Most of the participants of the action “The Way of Freedom” were dressed in white and held in their hands white and red gladioli as well as Belarusian, Lithuanian and Polish flags. The participants were joined by the President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda, former presidents of the country Valdas Adamkus and Dalia Grybauskaite, chairman of the Sejm Viktoras Pranckietis, ministers and mayors.

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Along the “Way of Freedom” dozens of small planes flew in the air, and there were columns of cyclists and motorcyclists on the way.

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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda in “living chain”PAP/EPA/TOMS KALNINS

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A “living chain” of support for Belarusians

– I couldn’t remain indifferent at home today. I had to come here – said Irena, standing on the 20th kilometer of the trail, and Egle standing next to it added that “the attitude of Belarusians is touching”. “We want to show that we support them,” she said.

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– In Belarus I have family and friends. I know what’s going on there, ‘said Vitaly. Viktoras, on the other hand, pointed out that “30 years ago we fought for freedom”. – Every little support was important to us. Now we are in solidarity with the Belarusian people, he stressed.

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A “living chain” of support for BelarusiansPAP/EPA/TOMS KALNINS

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The initiator of “The Way of Freedom” is a Lithuanian journalist and social activist Andrius Tapinas. In this way, he proposed to commemorate the anniversary of the “Baltic Trail” – an action in which on August 23, 1989, 2 million people holding hands formed a “living chain” stretching from Vilnius, via Riga to Tallinn, to demonstrate their opposition to the political situation in the then republics of the USSR.

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The day of that action refers to August 23, 1939, when the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed, under which Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union designated their zones of interest in Central and Eastern Europe.

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