OREANDA-NEWS   A camp for political prisoners may be located in the village of Novokolosovo, an hour's drive from Minsk. This assumption is expressed by the journalists of the American television channel CNN, who have familiarized themselves with the eyewitness accounts and the video recordings sent to the editorial office. Their report was published on Thursday 5 August. 

According to CNN, the facility located on the territory of Novokolosovo and covering an area of ​​0.8 square kilometers is surrounded by barbed wire and an electric fence. Video surveillance cameras are installed along its perimeter, and military guards move along its territory. A sign is attached to the iron bars with the inscription "Forbidden Border. No Passage".

At the same time, the channel quotes the words of Franak Viacorka, an adviser to the leader of the Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: “It is not surprising that Alexander Lukashenko Is trying to create something like a prison camp because a new wave of protests will surely come. Her arrival can be accelerated by Lukashenko. Statements, her arrival may be accelerated by the economic situation. She will come. He understands this and wants to be better prepared than in the past, 2020, year".

Meanwhile, the online edition “Belsat” writes that there is a former military town of military unit 25819 (the 25th arsenal of the Strategic Missile Forces), in Novokolosovo ,"thoroughly classified in Soviet times". According to the newspaper, the military base is still located on the territory of the village.