"Before getting on train please show your passports and sign for Nyaklyaeu!
Uladzimir Nyaklyaeu's nomination group collected signatures of passengers of the train Warsaw-Minsk on Friday night.
The people's reaction was polar - from "Who's that?" to "Of course I'll sign, what do I have to be afraid of?" Among the top phrases heard by Euroradio there was "I don't know him, we haven't studied such writers at school!" and "Well, I sign now and then I'll have problems crossing the border!"
As a result they managed to collect a
dozen and a half signatures from 4 Belarusian carriages - there were
surprisingly few people. The activist Vasil did his best to arouse
people from their indifference and invited them to go out to the
platform with passports even though some of them were already sitting in
the train waiting for departure. The stewardesses refused to sign,
while the trainmaster interested what was happening but did not
interfere with the process. Even Polish citizens who were going on the
same train wanted to sign, but of course they coundn't so they just
wished the contender success.
