Residents of Belarus staged a massive flash mob in support of the arrested Miss Belarus 2008 title holder and Miss World contestant Olga Khizhinkova. The publications appeared on the Instagram social network under the hashtag # ЯМыKhizhinkova .
The girls showed their legs in tights and stockings against the background of Conte packages, since Khizhinkova was the face of this brand for many years. More than a hundred publications can be found by the hashtag. Belarusian women post pictures and videos with red and white symbols of protesters and write words of support to the arrested woman.
Khizhinkova was detained in Minsk on November 8 during another protest action. On November 12, the court of the Central District of Minsk appointed her 15 days of arrest under the administrative article “Violation procedure for organizing or holding mass events “. She has been in custody for over a month. Khizhinkova was supposed to be released on December 11, but this did not happen.
In Belarus, mass protests have continued for four months due to the official results of the presidential elections, according to which the candidate for a sixth term Alexander Lukashenko won 80 percent of the vote. The first rallies were violently dispersed. A number of opposition politicians have been arrested. The Belarusian leader argued that the West was behind the events.