Belarus has banned four Ukrainian citizens detained on April 26 in Minsk from entering the country for 5 years. \n \nOn May 4, the Ukrainian consul in Minsk together with a lawyer from the International Association for the Protection of Human Rights appealed to the Supreme Court of Belarus the refusal of the Minsk City Court to release the Ukrainians, after which they met with the detainees. \n \nThe detained Ukrainians told them that earlier a representative of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Minsk had visited them and handed four of them orders for expulsion from Belarus after the completion of their arrest term, as well as a ban on entering the country for 5 years. \n \nAccording to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, another Ukrainian received notification of the start of his deportation procedure from Belarus. \n \nThe Embassy of Ukraine in Minsk together with the lawyer began preparing complaints to the Department for Citizenship and Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus on behalf of the detained Ukrainians against whom the aforementioned orders were issued. \n \nThe complaints are planned to be filed during Thursday, May 5. \n \nThe "Ukrainians' case" \n \nOn April 27, a Belarusian court sentenced three of the five Ukrainian citizens who belong to the youth organization "National Alliance" and were detained in Minsk during a rally near the building of the Belarusian president's administration to 10 days of arrest, another one to 15 days, and the fifth Ukrainian to 9 days. The Ukrainian side has since repeatedly demanded the release of the Ukrainian citizens from arrest. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine sent three notes on this matter. \n \nThe Minsk City Court refused to release the Ukrainians. \n \nEarlier, the Ukrainian side accused the Belarusian side of special treatment of the arrested Ukrainians. \n \nPresident Viktor Yushchenko intends to discuss the situation with the arrest of the Ukrainians with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow on May 8. \n \n"On the one hand, I would not want this incident to give rise to some kind of typical principles in our bilateral relations with the brotherly Belarusian people," said the President. \n \n"But the fact of double standards toward participants in a peaceful demonstration, citizens of Ukraine, citizens of Russia, and other countries, testifies to a special approach by the Belarusian leadership to this episode," he added. \n \nToday the arrest term of one of the Ukrainians is ending \n \nOn Thursday, May 5, the term of administrative arrest of one of the five Ukrainian citizens detained in Belarus is ending, and he must be released. \n \nIt is expected that three more Ukrainians will be released on Friday, May 6. And on May 11, the last of the detained Ukrainian citizens should be released. \n \nMeanwhile, the Ukrainians continue a hunger strike in protest against the illegal arrest. \n \nOn the eve, a doctor examined them in the presence of the Ukrainian consul and noted their satisfactory state of health. \n \nBelarus will fight "exported revolutionaries" \n\nMeanwhile, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus stated that it will monitor to ensure that youth organizations of Ukraine and Russia do not interfere in the internal affairs of the state. \n \nSuch a statement was made the day before in the Belarusian parliament by First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus Alexander Shchurko. \n \nAccording to him, the Ministry of Internal Affairs together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Belarusian embassies abroad will take "concrete measures so that the actions of youth structures of Ukraine and Russia remain within the bounds of the law and are not interference in the internal affairs of the state." \n\nShchurko emphasized that these measures will fully comply with Belarusian legislation, adding that "the appearance of exported revolutionaries in Belarus cannot be ruled out." \n \nPrepared based on materials from Ukrainski Novyny, LIGABiznesInform, and the Ukrainian Service of "Radio Svoboda."