sep. 3, 2016 Live from the road

Baranovichy - Minsk

Reported by Devashishu Torpy 98.0 km

Our first meeting today was in the city of Dzerzhinsk

Runners escort us into town

This policeman escorted us through the town

On the road again! Go Nikolai!

We arrive in Victory Square in Minsk

Today the city is celebrating it's 950th birthday. We were special guests at the celebrations.

Many people gathered to hold the torch

The organiser of the celebrations was delighted to join us for this picture

We found a bear in the forest

Larisa (on the right) coordinated our visit in Minsk and her mother prepared food for us in the evening. Larisa also sang some beautiful songs for us.

The library in Minsk

Torch carried by
Belarus runners (Belarus), Devashishu Torpy (Great Britain), Drishalu Grunstaudl (Austria), Latvian runners (Latvia), Oliveria Lopez (France), Rasmivan Collinson (Great Britain), Roman Esterka (Czech Republic), Russian runners (Russia), Satyagraha Vladimir Salnicov (Moldova), Ukrainian Runners (Ukraine), Viliam Segeda (Slovakia), Yashodevi Samar (Ukraine), Yuri Khraputsky (Belarus).  
Photographers
Roman Esterka, Satyagraha Vladimir Salnicov
The torch has travelled 98.0 km from Baranovichy to Minsk.

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