"A Lot Of Buses Are Waiting From The 'talk' For Passengers."
- 10.06.2025, 15:46
What's happening on Belarus's border with the EU.
Checks, interrogations and detentions continue at the borders of Belarus with the European Union countries.
The journalists of BGmedia have studied what users of border Telegram chats wrote last week and at the beginning of this week about phone checks and interrogations at the Belarusian border.
The details about "conversations" at the border of Belarus were told in border chats on June 8:
"Customs of Belarusians today is a light version. At the entrance with a handheld scanner and a dog sniffing. After passport control pass through the frame, things are x-rayed. Everything is very fast. Ukrainians, foreigners and those who were seen in 2020 (so the driver announced) - for a conversation."
"We passed the customs of the Republic of Belarus [June 8]. We are standing, waiting for people. 7 buses. Many buses are waiting for passengers from the conversation, so there are a lot of buses. Two more buses are going through customs. Customs works calmly, without fanaticism, all passed quickly. Apparently, they see the influx, do not complicate. From unusual: we passed passport control at the barrier of the customs office of the Republic of Belarus, at the street booth. We just got off the bus and went there. Inside the building, we were immediately x-rayed.
Border chat rooms usually write about interrogations at the border of Belarus without details. But they also take place at the exit from the country, not only at the entrance:
"RP - RB, June 3. At 12.20 we entered RB. At 13.10 went through passport control, waiting for passengers. At 15.20 we left, one person was not allowed into the Republic of Belarus. Things in RB were carefully examined manually, the bus was x-rayed, several people were interrogated."
"RP - RB [June 3]. At 22.40 arrived ninth to the barrier. At 00.47 passport control [by Poles]. At 04.30 passport control [at Belarusians]. 05.05 - we are still waiting for people. It's the third hour, and they don't let us out. At 07.15 we leave for Brest."
"RP - RB [June 4]. The border of RB at 12.40, the queue of 4 buses. Passed passport at 13.55. Passed customs at 14.20, waiting from the conversation. Left the border at 15.20."
"Departure from Minsk at 04.00 on June 5. At 08.24 we left the Belarusians (they took someone for a conversation and a full inspection). At 08.30 we stopped by Lithuanians. At 09.40 we left the border."
"Minsk - Vilnius, June 5. At 11.45 we stopped at the RB point. There was not a single bus in front of us. We waited for two passengers for a long time, in the end they were taken off the flight (reason unknown). At 13.00 we arrived at the LT barrier. We stood in front of the barrier for more than an hour. At 14.50 we left the LT checkpoint."
"Minsk - Vilnius, June 5. At 06.40 started to pass passport RB. At 07.10 finished passport RB, two people were at the conversation, very long waiting for one. At 08.25 we stopped by Lithuanians."
"RP - RB, June 6. At 16.30 we drove under the barrier. At 17.40 passed the Poles. At 18.35 we drove in to the Belarusians. At 19.30 they let us out of the bus. At 20.11 we are waiting for the conversation. At 20.30 we left (Polish time).
"RB - LT, June 8. At 16.50 drove up to the border. At 17.50 passport control RB. At 19.10 passed passport control. A man was invited for a conversation. At 22.00 Lithuania, went to passport control and scan of things. At 23.00 we left the customs."
"Bus at 00.15 from Minsk to Vilnius, June 8. At 03.22 passed the Belarusian passport control. 3 people were dropped off, did not pass Belarusian passport control. At 07.19 passed the Lithuanian customs."
"RP - RB, June 9. At 06.50 we entered passport control. Without belongings, 37 people in the bus. At 07.07 passed the Poles. At 10.30 we went to the Belarusians. At 11.55 we passed the control at the Belarusians. Things on the scanner, selective manual inspection. We are waiting for people from conversations. At 12.25 we leave the border to Brest.