The Minsk police have found one of the possible coordinators of the street protests, as a 34-year-old resident of the city was seeking new protesters and paying them to participate, the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs stated this on its Telegram channel.

The security forces followed in his tracks after detaining the 37-year-old man from Minsk, who had been released the day before.

The police added that they prevented the "conspiracy" participants’ meeting, which was scheduled for Wednesday, and an inspection is being carried out.