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Opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava describes how she survived the years-long isolation detention in Belarus. She certifies the EU not to have a strategy, pleads for talks with dictator Lukashenko and remains convinced: The Day of Freedom for Belarus will come.
When the whole world watched Belarus's struggle for freedom after rigged elections in 2020, Maryja Kalesnikava was one of the main actors. She led the opposition during the protests, and the regime wanted to deport her after they were suppressed. She tore up her passport and was in prison until mid-December last year. The Americans then arranged her release in exchange for easing sanctions on fertilizers.
It was a scandal that no one expected. The icon of the Belarusian resistance against the Lukashenko regime, Maryja Kalesnikava, called on Europe to negotiate with dictators when it can no longer defeat them. Instead of their former admiration, some of the Belarusian and Russian opposition now sharply criticize her. In an interview from Globsec in Prague, she explains why she thinks the West should start negotiating with dictators like Lukashenko…
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