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New Wednesday of New Times by Peter Uj.
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After the fraudulent presidential elections, opposition leader Svyatlana Cihanouskaya established the National Conciliation Council. The 7-member presidency included an actor and former culture minister, a union leader and other well-known opponents, as well as 2015 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature, Svetlana Alexeyevich.
By now, all but the writer had been jailed, forced abroad, or disappeared.
One of her fellow Council members, Marija Kolesznyikova, was pushed into a minibus by unknown masked men and wanted to take her to Ukraine, but on the way she tore her passport so that she would not be allowed to cross the border; she is now charged with border charges.
Alexeyevich was also questioned by investigators, but declined to respond. Now Western diplomats are visiting his apartment to protect him:
In an open letter released Wednesday, the Nobel laureate wrote that there was no one else on the Council around him, “the last one, Maxim Znak, was brought in today.”
“Our country was stolen for the first time. They are kidnapping our best now. But hundreds will come to our place ”.
In his letter, he asks the Russian intelligentsia for help and pays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of his compatriots who take to the streets every day or every Sunday. “They also take their children because they think they can win.” Conclude your letter with:
“And I want to tell my people that I love them. I am proud of them. Another unknown ring on my door … “
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