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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 it's also about practical decisions. so for you, as, you know, leader, figurehead leader of the anti—lukashenko opposition, are you saying to me you co...

Either in exile or in prison. lukashenko seems to have won. lukashenko didn't win. every day, he knows that he is not recognised by his people. he's not recognised by international society. 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

All about the degree of historical, cultural, economic, and political ties between the slavic peoples of ukraine, belarus and russia. his message is that, actually, 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 c...

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 happening. look, we are fighting against lukashenko�*s regime for a year—and—a—half, and a lot has been done for this period of time. of course, people can't see those beautiful big rallies on the streets of belarus because of massive repressions from side of the belarusian regime. but for this year—and—a...

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 your flat and kidnap your father, brother, orwhoever and you can't do anything. are you allowed to speak to your husband at all right now? because he's been sentenced to 18 years in prison. political prisoners in belarus are isolated. they don't have opportunity to communicate with their relatives. we can communicate only through the lawyer, who visits my husband once a we...