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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% of people wanted a good relationship with russia, and the same 60% wanted good relationship with the european union. 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 gover...

By his people. he's not recognised by international society. he's not recognised by democratic leaders. and so i want to ask the same question, why are political prisoners still in prisons? there is strong actions the democratic world could do in response to the crimes that lukashenko and his cronies did. so when we were going from country to country asking to impose tough and joint sanctions against the regime, we got words of support, words of condemnation of this regime, but not real actions. only after hijacking of ryanair flight, strong sanctions have been imposed, but even they left so m...

The people of belarus want to be brothers and sisters with the people of today's russia, and that that bond cannot be broken. are you saying he's wrong? look, of course we want to be brothers and sisters with russians. we want to be brothers and sisters with ukrainians, but we don't want to be dragged into past, into the times of soviet union in the past, in the era of influences. we want to be an independent country with our own culture, with our own language, where people are going where they want and they're not ruled by the third country. this is about people, it's about independence. but ...

So when we were going from country to country asking to impose tough and joint sanctions against the regime, we got words of support, words of condemnation of this regime, but not real actions. only after hijacking of ryanair flight, strong sanctions have been imposed, but even they left so many loopholes in those sanctions that lukashenko could easily avoid them. after a hybrid attack with the help of migrants that lukashenko did in august, he didn't pay at all for this crime. you know, no powerful sanctions. nothing happened. of course he feels impunity. of course he understands that he can ...

Which side of it you will be on? yes. and isn't 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 people. country is notjust government, and it's notjust army, it's about people. and if people don't want to be on that side of the iron curtain, they will fight for it. and it will be a region of constant instability, of constant rallies, of constant uprising. will it really, though? because, again, you know better than me that putin's message in some of his spee...