The main places of detention of the protesters were the solitary at Okrescina Street in Minsk and the arrest in Zhodzina due to the city's location close to the Belarusian capital. When the number of people increased, mainly after the Sunday marches in Minsk, the officers began to transport the prisoners to other towns, such as Baranavichy, located 150 km from Minsk.

The first character of this story is Aliaksandr, a former worker of the Minsk Tractor Works, who was dismissed from work due to strikes.