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We are really peaceful people. but the new generation is, of course, pro—democratic, the new generation know how we can live if we have a normal government. if we have normal management, our people wouldnt live in poverty in our country. but you said to me at the very beginning of this interview that putins invasion of ukraine has changed everything. and i understand what youre saying, because it seems to me its changed the nature of the decision that belarusian people have to make about their...

Of belarus that neighbours chernobyl. have you heard anything about what is happening inside the chernobyl nuclear power plant? i have the same information as you have from the media. but, of course, its so painful, the question about chernobyl and possible disaster, because the communications were cut off. i understand, i realise that it could be a nuclear catastrophe for the whole region, for the whole europe, and, you know, we have to do everything possible to stop this. i understand that, yo...

Maybe shame, you know? hes doing it, and we are belarusians feeling this shame that we became aggressive towards our brother, ukraine. you talk about shame, but i guess in practical terms there is nothing that any belarus civilian can do to try to affect what is happening. there were 30,000 russian troops on that border in a joint military exercise with lukashenko�*s forces. they, of course, have now moved into ukraine. there was no possibility that any belarusian civilian could stop that happ...

Grip on power may be weakened, he is still there. there are, according to the uns latest human rights report on belarus, roughly 1,000 political prisoners still being held, including your own husband. and your movement basically has gone completely underground. the street protests are almost wiped out. most of your key leaders are either in exile or in prison. lukashenko seems to have won. lukashenko didnt win. every day, he knows that he is not recognised by his people. hes not recognised by in...

And we didnt want something like this to repeat in our lands. but illegitimate lukashenko has to pay for the support he got from the kremlin after the fraudulent election in 2020. and now hes paying with our sovereignty, with our lands. and, you know, i really feel maybe shame, you know? hes doing it, and we belarusians feeling this shame that we became aggressive towards our brother, ukraine. you talk about shame, but i guess in practical terms there is nothing that any belarus civilian can do ...

Ultimate control, of your country, belarus, as well. so is your message to your people in belarus that you now are fighting for a belarus that will break free of moscows control and will, like the zelensky government in ukraine, look westward to membership of the eu, maybe of nato? what is your vision for belarus? first of all, we have to return democracy in our country and then ask people, "what do you want?" because before the war started, there were polls where people responded that about 60%...

Protests in the summer of 2020, that feeling that lukashenko�*s grip on power may be weakened, he is still there. there are, according to the uns latest human rights report on belarus, roughly 1,000 political prisoners still being held, including your own husband. and your movement basically has gone completely underground. the street protests are almost wiped out. most of your key leaders are either in exile or in prison. lukashenko seems to have won. lukashenko didnt win. every day, he knows...

You know, no powerful sanctions. nothing happened. of course he feels impunity. of course he understands that he can do everything. people are repressed in belarus. people are scared because every moment kgb people can enter yourflat and kidnap yourfather, brother, or whoever and you cant do anything. are you allowed to speak to your husband at all right now? because hes been sentenced to 18 years in prison. political prisoners in belarus are isolated. they dont have opportunity to communicate w...

Could be done. of course, we understand that the first sanctions, for example, have been imposed only ten months after the crackdown of peaceful people in belarus. but i am really glad that belarus is still on the agenda, on an international agenda, that our wonderful belarusians all over the world every day continue to speak about belarus, to tell people the truth, to tell the situation with our political prisoners, with lawlessness in our country, about torture and about repressions. but in a ...

Them by military force. so theres a new, stark choice facing your people. which way will they go? i think people now understand that there is a possibility of the second iron curtain between russia and western countries, and the question is where belarus will be. which side of it you will be on? yes. and isnt it quite plain that putin will use all military means necessary in belarus to ensure you are on his side of the curtain? of course, it could be his intention, but we always forget about peo...