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In post soviet countries? lets go to you then, olha. i - in post soviet countries? lets go to you then, olha. i think. go to you then, olha. i think it is very _ go to you then, olha. i think it is very simple, _ go to you then, olha. i think it is very simple, and - go to you then, olha. i think it is very simple, and very i it is very simple, and very much _ it is very simple, and very much resonating to what has ust much resonating to what has just been— much resonating to what has just bee...

Is a freedom of choice, that there is stability and we are not waiting for a father or a "batka" to come, as lukashenko is supposed to be called in belarus, to say how does he want to spend his day to day? it is like, us who decided, so it is about the freedom and stability and peace. so do you think it is inevitable then, that these autocratic regimes like... crosstalk. if i can recollect in my memory, just speaking about the russia and understanding, back in 2013, until the war started, we wer...

As he has in kazakhstan? i would argue yes. in terms of kazakhstan — i personally think kazakhstan has been a hideous dictatorship, and — but, you know, they had chaos. the russians went in, when they went in, the international expert community exploded with commentaries to the effect that russia was annexing almost kazakhstan, and restoring the ussr. a few days later they seemed to be on the way out. so that shows that putin is not set on absolutely creating a great empire, he is trying to ...

Lukashenko in belarus. it includes not just tanks and heavy weapons but logistics, medical supplies, blood, the things you would need to sustain an invasion and the kind of things that have nothing to do a military exercise of any kind. while putins been doing that, there have been ongoing diplomatic channels, the one with the united states which has not yielded results because united states is not going to concede and france and germany have been in the lead in recent years in discussions about...

A few days later they seemed to be on the way out. so that shows that putin is not set on absolutely creating a great empire, he is trying to sustain friends and clients in central asia, he is certainly doing it with lukashenko in belarus, he knows his limitations, and the fact that the russians pulled out of kazakhstan quickly i think shows that. olhas question about instability in former post—soviet countries, we have seen russia been a real destabilising force in georgia for instance, where...

After the change orfall of the other autocratic regimes in post—soviet countries? lets go to you then, olha. i think it is very simple, and very much resonating to what carl has just put very simply. we will become stable, free, and independent of the... of the cult of a leader. so it is a great dream of many ukrainians not to know the name of a minister, or a prime minister, because they are changing, but the country and the principles are remaining, and that is what democracy is. and that wo...

Lets go to you then, olha. i think it is very simple, and very much resonating to what carl has just put very simply. we will become stable, free, and independent of the... of the cult of a leader. so it is a great dream of many ukrainians not to know the name ofa minister, ora prime minister, because they are changing, but the country and the principles are remaining, and that is what democracy is. and that world is the expectation of the stability and that peace in europe, to make sure that th...

I understand now that there are at least 1,000 political prisoners in belarus, one of whom is your husband who was sentenced to 18 years in a high security penal colony. one of your best friends was sentence to do 11 years, also for challenging mr. lukashenko. this is your husband, the father of your children, and now youre separated for what could be decades. do you think they will ever be released? >> for sure. it will be the real years of prison, and we fight for people to be released because...

And we are not waiting for a father or a "batka" to come, as lukashenko is supposed to be called in belarus, to say how does he want to spend his day to day? it is like, us who decided, so it is about the freedom and stability and peace. so do you think it is inevitable then, that these autocratic regimes like... crosstalk. if i can recollect in my memory, just speaking about the russia and understanding, back in 2013, until the war started, we were about to sign the association agreement, the l...

Right now? >> you know, i think that alashenko thinks that he controls everything, that he controls drills, that he may be controlling credit somehow and that this is the price of what russia has to pay for giving alashenko the moment, so he participates now in this show that puts pressure on ukraine, puts pressure on europe and other critical countries. >> lukashenko has wrapping up his attacks on opposition, leaders like you, who have fled the country. he gave an address to the nation on frida...