Health & safety
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Dangers & annoyances
Run-ins with the authorities can be unpleasant, so don't do things to antagonise them! Do not overtly photograph the Presidential Administrative Building, don't carry the white-red-white national Belarusian flag in use before Lukashenka came to power, and avoid participating in opposition rallies and protests, unless you're willing to chance being arrested or questioned - or just photographed for the KGB archives!
Minsk has relatively little street crime, unless you count jaywalking, for which the police will quite eagerly fine you!
While you're there
Medical services
Medical service is, predictably, well behind Western Europe.
EcoMedservices (200 4581; vul Tolstoho 4; 24hr; Ploshcha Nezalezhnastsi) No reliable, Western-run clinics operate, but this place comes the closest. Drop-ins are possible, but you'll need to reserve a time with a doctor. Consultations cost between BR10,000 and BR30,000. Also contact your embassy to see who they recommend.
Minsk Emergency Hospital (227 7621; vul Leitenanta Kizhevatava 58; 24hr)
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