Stores for 15. 00. A few brave souls gather to commemorate 3 politicians who vanished without a trace over 20 years ago theyre holding their vigil in minsk capital of bella ruths now a key witness has broken his silence as a member of a special unit he himself took part in the abduction and murder of the opposition politicians. When we were acting on orders we received a spoken order just if anyone had refused to go another would have taken his place and done just the same thing go through the social good song. 41 year old your eager off ski has requested asylum in another european country he says the secret service in his home country by the roots is after him. Just to put it all i love my family behind in 2008 after i was attacked by the bird then i realized that my wife and daughter are sacred to me and im one of those living there so i got divorced and now im living alone you. Must also that so the. Yuri no longer felt safe in his own country because he decided to speak out and unburden his soul as he puts it now hes afraid his former comrades at the Security Agency are coming for him. To pull in 4 months and i got information that they wanted to arrest me and put me in prison. To live but. I didnt want to time make any statements or be accused of something i had done neither was a kid the book was on the move and is a story of being on them. Yuri was involved in a crime that still haunts many people in eastern europe. On may 7th 1999 near the old fire Lookout Tower in downtown minsk former interior minister yuris that got out of his car. Was a leading figure in the opposition as usual he walks the few meters to his Apartment Building this reenactment is based on the statements of key witness yuriko. 2 men followed so he wouldnt be able to run 2 more men blocked his path in front they were officers in plain clothes. One said come along police. At the time tensions were running high in minsk the former interior minister your reason turned against luka schenkel people were taking to the streets in thousands hoping to stop the countrys descent into dictatorship although my dear friends black ravens are circling over our country. And so yesterday. The National Congress met to protect the constitution and oppose dictatorship. Alexander lukashenko bruce bello roost with an iron fist and the support of several elite units including the sober allegedly for him to combat organized crime but says he witnessed eureka it has violently quassia the political opposition. The russkie came to the unit at age 18 through his military service now hes making scathing accusations this is here in the summary ive noted who is involved because liquidation on may 7th and who took part in gone charles accommodation on september 16th the grinch who all the people who knew about it and were involved with that are listed here. All the orders were given orally them. Theres no written evidence no video footage that you know protocols. But theres nothing like that in. Your resume was only the 1st victim in september in 1909 Victor Greene char and businessmen and i told you were abducted near santa number 3 in minsk they were also members of the opposition and planning to remove the president from office the witness confirms both were liquidated. Is a picture shows the military base and. This is where we killed them this would be. The middle of the middle distance theres the road. Its about 200 meters long and leaves about 20 meters into the forest. Here we killed. And christophe. Were here about 50 meters away a grave was dug but in the new we took off their clothing and learned here. Only their shoes were thrown into the graves and buried with them. He was a. President look a shingle consolidated his power through 2 controversial referenda in the midnight 190. 00 s. Good in 1996 victor good in charge chaired the Central Election Commission but its not but he turned against the president hoping to prevent look a grab for more and more power. 1000 dollar bounty was paid for his murder as the key witness from the death squad tells that they were even given a reason why i had to disappear from north america running. About and char when they later told us yet evidence that had come to power illegitimately. That the vote in 1906 or 97. 00 had been rigged and could charge have the proof. And later they told us we had to eliminate him. Because of this compromising material. And prayers are ski are the most prominent victims of look at those regimes so far but theyre certainly not the only ones every year as a vigil is held in minsk for the victims many prospects for a democratic future disappeared along with the oppositions really leading lights. Theres regret and a feeling of guilt if these people were stored live better rooms would be a different place today. Western germany yuris the cairo family lives in exile here his wife 2 daughters and grandchildren hes never seen. As that is the eldest daughter she works as a sales clerk shes the only one of the family to speak openly about their fate she came to germany a year after her fathers disappearance this is the 1st. Has heard about the key witness his statement and the details of her fathers death. Of course its hard to hear all this and see the gravesites not to mention to hear all about how it happened youd have to have nerves of steel for that. But do the statements check out the council of europe in strasbourg could pass a 1st judgement on that. Christos as an andre got to learn here the key witnesses statement polgar readers is a criminal defense lawyer from cyprus he investigated the politicians disappearances for the council 15 years ago got to learn is working on the cases today the council of europe tracks human rights abuses and keeps an especially close eye on belarus. Their ability we have today to run and have instigated investigation that iris seems very small thats a problem its impossible for these abductions. To have taken place we. Put it mildly of very very high your fish and when i say very high your fishes. My mind. Maybe he knew maybe he didnt i cant say for sure either way but i mean. As serious as the allegation is it can hardly touch Alexander Lukashenko this president was not welcome in the west 3 years that changed in november 2019 when austrian president alexander found a bell and received the dictator in vienna but the recent accusations that look ordered the liquidation of his adversaries may well strain any reproach me with the west. A great deal about the death squads activities remains unknown even after your. Statements he claims to have simply passed on the. The commander a colonel from the interior ministry did the shooting. Has something to say to the victims families. Id like to express my sincere regret that i participated in their murder. I apologize to you. I can point out the grave sites on the mount because. Everything else depends on you and i belive russi and justice system. These words of remorse may come as a shock to some family members. On the hook to kill can i accept them. I thought theyd chosen people for the liquidation who didnt have any families in bellary. Or they could eliminate them afterwards as well. Saying to me ouch im surprised that a witness has turned up who speaks openly about it. Up close. It took. Some time to find words for the man who had abetted the murder of her father. If in your. View so if so its not about him. Its about the whole system behind him and. He cant be blamed for anything im not but you know people like him are dependent on the system. Just their force to carry out these bloody crimes. Even if i were to Say Something to him i couldnt say it to the thousands of others who acted together with him recently missed. The abducted men havent been forgotten elsewhere in europe. In. 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