Taking the night train from Kiev to Minsk last Friday, the Belarussian border guards first stamped my passport as their colleagues in other contries would have done. Because of the upcoming elections however, they didn't give me my passport back but probably called the capital. After some twenty minutes I was asked to leave the train with my lagguage (around midnight). Without any explanation they showed me a room where to spend the night. The timetable on the wall said, that there will be a train from Minsk back to Kiev at 3.36. Just in time, I got my papers back and was asked to leave the country again. ... Will write more when I find time...
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