The young man in front of people climbed the pole and set up a national white-red-white flag. This happened in the city center, near the "Blue House." Rally held to mark the 150th anniversary of the uprising Kastus Kalinouski.
White-red-white Belarusian flag is de facto banned in the country after the 1995 Alexander Lukashenko replaced it with a red-green Soviet.
Vitbich Sergei Kovalenko was sent to prison in 2012, for that strengthened the white-red-white flag on the main Christmas tree in the city. In Vitebsk acts mysterious Miron, who hung flags on the highest and most inaccessible points, including power lines.