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<p><b>The Square of Changes</b> (also, Peremen Square; <a href="Belarusian_language" title="Belarusian language"><i>Belarusian</i></a>: Плошча Перамен; other informal names: "Peremen Square", "Courtyard of Change," and "DJ Area of Change") is the name of a popular courtyard in <a href="Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk, Belarus</a>, located at the intersection of Chervyakov, Kakhovskaya, and Smorgovsky streets. It appeared spontaneously in <a href="2020_Belarusian_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Belarusian protests">August 2020 during the protests</a> after the sixth <a href="2020_Belarusian_presidential_election" title="2020 Belarusian presidential election">presidential election</a> in <a href="Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>. On the wall of a ventilation booth, unknown people painted a mural of two sound engineers from the Minsk State Palace of Children and Youth (Kirill Galanov and Vladislav Sokolovsky), who played <a href="Viktor_Tsoi" title="Viktor Tsoi">Viktor Tsoi</a>'s song "<a href="Khochu_Peremen" class="mw-redirect" title="Khochu Peremen">Khochu Peremen</a>" at the official pro-Lukashenko event on August 6, 2020 in Kiev Square, <a href="Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a>.
</p><p>Since mid-August 2020, the mural depicting the sound engineers has been removed many times by public officials but re-created by local residents every time it was vandalized. The locals regularly invite musicians to their evening concerts, conduct self-educating lectures, and decorate the space with national symbols.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Murder_of_Raman_Bandarenka">Murder of Raman Bandarenka</h2></div>
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<p>On November 11, 2020, unknown people in masks (during protests, <a href="OMON_(Belarus)" title="OMON (Belarus)">Belarusian OMON</a> often wears civilian clothing as a disguise to attack and kidnap citizens) came to remove the white-red-white ribbons symbolizing the opposition flag. <a href="Raman_Bandarenka" class="mw-redirect" title="Raman Bandarenka">Raman Bandarenka</a>, a 31-year-old Minsk resident, a manager and an art-designer, made a remark during a dispute with them. According to eyewitnesses, one of them was aggressive toward Bandarenka and pushed him so hard that he fell and hit his head on a children's slide.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two other unknown individuals continued beating Bandarenka, then carried him by the arms and legs into a minibus and left.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After some time, an ambulance was called to the Central District Department of Internal Affairs. The medical team found Bandarenka unconscious. That night, the mural was desecrated again.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Bandarenka was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Minsk BHMP (Ambulance Hospital) on November 12, 2020, at 00:05. He was diagnosed with a severe closed traumatic brain injury, acute subdural hematomas of the head, cerebral hemorrhage, and multiple soft tissue injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was in a coma and underwent a surgery,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but medics were unable to save Bandarenka due to his serious condition. Bandarenka died the evening of November 12, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>After the news of Bandarenka's death, people began to get together spontaneously on Peremen Square to lay flowers and light candles. Several thousand people gathered in the square, chanting "Let's not forget, let's not forgive," "We will stop this fascism".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>On November 16, 2020 the <a href="Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Latvia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Latvia)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a> of <a href="Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a> imposed a travel ban against the kickboxer <a href="Dmitry_Shakuta" title="Dmitry Shakuta">Dmitry Shakuta</a> and the president of the <a href="Belarusian_Ice_Hockey_Association" title="Belarusian Ice Hockey Association">Belarusian Ice Hockey Association</a> <a href="Dzmitry_Baskau" title="Dzmitry Baskau">Dzmitry Baskau</a> ‘for an unspecified period’ because of their alleged involvement in the killing of Raman Bandarenka. A number of sportspeople have previously identified them in photos and videos of the masked persons who attacked Bandarenka. Baskau and Shakuta did not comment on the suspicions.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same month <a href="Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a> also imposed a travel ban against Shakuta and Baskau.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2021 the <a href="International_Ice_Hockey_Federation" title="International Ice Hockey Federation">International Ice Hockey Federation</a> declared that it opened an independent investigation concerning the involvement of Dzmitry Baskau in this incident.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-11-13/outrage-belarus-eu-after-opposition-supporter-death">Thousands flood streets in Belarus after opposition supporter’s death</a></li>
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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/88675/belarus-statement-spokesperson-death-raman-bandarenka_en.">Belarus: Statement by the Spokesperson on the death of Raman Bandarenka</a></li>
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</style><div id="Belarusian_opposition234" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Belarusian_opposition" title="Belarusian opposition">Belarusian opposition</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Protests</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Minsk_Spring" title="Minsk Spring">Minsk Spring</a></li>
<li><a href="Freedom_March_(Belarus)" title="Freedom March (Belarus)">Freedom March</a></li>
<li><a href="Jeans_Revolution" title="Jeans Revolution">Jeans Revolution</a></li>
<li><a href="2010_Belarusian_protests" title="2010 Belarusian protests">2010 protests</a></li>
<li><a href="2011_Belarusian_protests" title="2011 Belarusian protests">2011 protests</a></li>
<li><a href="Teddybear_Airdrop_Minsk_2012" title="Teddybear Airdrop Minsk 2012">Teddybear Airdrop Minsk 2012</a></li>
<li><a href="2017_Belarusian_protests" title="2017 Belarusian protests">2017 protests</a></li>
<li><a href="2020%E2%80%932021_Belarusian_protests" title="2020–2021 Belarusian protests">2020–2021 protests</a>
<ul><li><a href="Human_rights_issues_related_to_the_suppression_of_the_2020_Belarusian_protests" title="Human rights issues related to the suppression of the 2020 Belarusian protests">human rights issues</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_deaths_related_to_the_2020_Belarusian_protests" title="List of deaths related to the 2020 Belarusian protests">related deaths</a></li>
<li><a href="International_reactions_to_the_2020_Belarusian_presidential_election_and_protests" title="International reactions to the 2020 Belarusian presidential election and protests">international reactions</a></li></ul></li>
</ul></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Annual6" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Annual</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<li><a href="Freedom_Day_(Belarus)" title="Freedom Day (Belarus)">Freedom Day</a></li>
<li><a href="Chernobyl_Way" title="Chernobyl Way">Chernobyl Way</a></li>
<li><a href="Day_of_Solidarity_with_Belarus" title="Day of Solidarity with Belarus">Day of Solidarity with Belarus</a></li>
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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Tell_the_Truth_(Belarus)" title="Tell the Truth (Belarus)">Tell the Truth!</a></li>
<li><a href="Charter_97" title="Charter 97">Charter 97</a></li>
<li><a href="Belarus_Free_Theatre" title="Belarus Free Theatre">Belarus Free Theatre</a></li>
<li><a href="Belarus_Solidarity_Foundation" title="Belarus Solidarity Foundation">Belarus Solidarity Foundation</a></li>
<li><a href="Rada_of_the_Belarusian_Democratic_Republic" title="Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic">Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic</a></li>
<li><a href="Viasna_Human_Rights_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Viasna Human Rights Centre">Viasna Human Rights Centre</a></li>
<li><a href="Nexta" title="Nexta">Nexta</a></li>
<li><a href="Cyber_Partisans" title="Cyber Partisans">Cyber Partisans</a></li>
<li><a href="Community_of_Railway_Workers_of_Belarus" title="Community of Railway Workers of Belarus">Community of Railway Workers of Belarus</a></li>
<li><a href="Busly_liacia%C4%87" title="Busly liaciać">Busly liaciać</a></li>
<li><a href="BYPOL" title="BYPOL">BYPOL</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Coordination_Council_(Belarus)" title="Coordination Council (Belarus)">Coordination<br>Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Head</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Sviatlana_Tsikhanouskaya" title="Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya">Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Svetlana_Alexievich" title="Svetlana Alexievich">Svetlana Alexievich</a></li>
<li><a href="Sergei_Dylevsky" title="Sergei Dylevsky">Sergei Dylevsky</a></li>
<li><a href="Pavel_Latushko" title="Pavel Latushko">Pavel Latushko</a></li>
<li><a href="Maria_Kalesnikava" title="Maria Kalesnikava">Maria Kalesnikava</a></li>
<li><a href="Olga_Kovalkova" title="Olga Kovalkova">Olga Kovalkova</a></li>
<li><a href="Liliya_Vlasova" title="Liliya Vlasova">Liliya Vlasova</a></li>
<li><a href="Maxim_Znak" title="Maxim Znak">Maxim Znak</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="National_Anti-Crisis_Management" title="National Anti-Crisis Management">NAM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Head</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Pavel_Latushko" title="Pavel Latushko">Pavel Latushko</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Team</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>deputy head + foreign policy: <a href="Vladzimir_Astapenka" title="Vladzimir Astapenka">Vladzimir Astapenka</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="United_Transitional_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="United Transitional Cabinet">United<br>Transitional<br>Cabinet</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Head</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Sviatlana_Tsikhanouskaya" title="Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya">Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>transfer of power: <a href="Pavel_Latushko" title="Pavel Latushko">Pavel Latushko</a></li>
<li>law and order: (Aug 2022–Aug 2023: <i><a href="Aliaksandr_Azarau" title="Aliaksandr Azarau">Aliaksandr Azarau</a></i>)</li>
<li>foreign relations: <a href="Valery_Kavaleuski" title="Valery Kavaleuski">Valery Kavaleuski</a>
<ul><li>deputy: <a href="Vladzimir_Astapenka" title="Vladzimir Astapenka">Vladzimir Astapenka</a></li></ul></li>
<li>defence and security: Aug 2022–Aug 2024: <i><a href="Valery_Sakhashchyk" title="Valery Sakhashchyk">Valery Sakhashchyk</a></i>, Aug 2024–present: <a href="Vadzim_Kabanchuk" title="Vadzim Kabanchuk">Vadzim Kabanchuk</a></li>
<li>finance, economy: (Sep–Oct 2022: <i><a href="Tatsiana_Zaretskaya" title="Tatsiana Zaretskaya">Tatsiana Zaretskaya</a></i>)</li>
<li>national revival: <a href="Alina_Koushyk" title="Alina Koushyk">Alina Koushyk</a></li>
<li>social issues: <a href="Volha_Harbunova" title="Volha Harbunova">Volha Harbunova</a></li>
<li>youth policy: <a href="Marharyta_Vorychava" title="Marharyta Vorychava">Marharyta Vorychava</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Vitold_Ashurak" title="Vitold Ashurak">Vitold Ashurak</a></li>
<li><a href="Viktar_Babaryka" title="Viktar Babaryka">Viktar Babaryka</a></li>
<li><a href="Ales_Bialiatski" title="Ales Bialiatski">Ales Bialiatski</a></li>
<li><a href="Mikalai_Khalezin" title="Mikalai Khalezin">Mikalai Khalezin</a></li>
<li><a href="Ihar_Losik" title="Ihar Losik">Ihar Losik</a></li>
<li><a href="Roman_Protasevich" title="Roman Protasevich">Roman Protasevich</a></li>
<li><a href="Mikola_Statkevich" title="Mikola Statkevich">Mikola Statkevich</a></li>
<li><a href="Ivonka_Survilla" title="Ivonka Survilla">Ivonka Survilla</a></li>
<li><a href="Death_of_Alexander_Taraikovsky" title="Death of Alexander Taraikovsky">Alexander Taraikovsky</a></li>
<li><a href="Sergei_Tikhanovsky" title="Sergei Tikhanovsky">Sergei Tikhanovsky</a></li>
<li><a href="Valery_Tsepkalo" title="Valery Tsepkalo">Valery Tsepkalo</a></li>
<li><a href="Veronika_Tsepkalo" title="Veronika Tsepkalo">Veronika Tsepkalo</a></li>
<li><a href="2021_Minsk_apartment_shooting" title="2021 Minsk apartment shooting">Andrei Zeltser</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Belarusian_partisan_movement_(2020%E2%80%93present)" title="Belarusian partisan movement (2020–present)">Belarusian partisan movement</a>
<ul><li><a href="Rail_war_in_Belarus_(2022%E2%80%93present)" title="Rail war in Belarus (2022–present)">Rail war in Belarus</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="New_Belarus_passport_project" title="New Belarus passport project">New Belarus passport</a></li>
<li><a href="White-red-white_flag" title="White-red-white flag">White-red-white flag</a></li></ul>
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