But we don't know of any cases where those threats were carried out. They even got an honorary award for their service. One incident is indicative in February 1999, near Victory Square, RNU members beat members of Charter 97, Andrey Sannikov, Oleg Bebenin and Dmitry Bondarenko. A squad of police who were at the scene quickly disappeared, having not even questioned witnesses. Later, when Bondarenko was called in for questioning at the Regional Branch of Internal Affairs of the Partizansky District, he called the interrogator's attention to the fact that RNU members with swastikas were walking about the station.
Fascist propaganda is illegal in Belarus.
To this the investigator clumsily answered that in every party there is something constructive. As a rule, only a few law enforcers pay attention to people in RNU uniforms wearing swastika armbands. In case of detention, the RNU method is to write a statement to the prosecutor in order exert pressure and implant the idea that it isn't convenient to detain fascists. One can only guess at how things would go from there. But we know of no such cases that have gone to court.